Otto's sportive lemur (Lepilemur otto), also called the Ambodimahabibo sportive lemur, is a solitary, nocturnal and largely leaf-eating sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It was described in 2007 from tissue and hair samples taken from live animals in 2004 and was recognized as new mainly on genetic evidence. It has a gray-brown back, a gray to creamy underside and a dark stripe down the spine. It is known only from dry deciduous forest at Ambodimahabibo and three nearby sites, in an area of about 3,770 square kilometres bounded by the Mahajamba and Sofia rivers, and it is threatened by forest conversion and hunting.
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is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar
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it is solitary, nocturnal and largely folivorous
Threats and conservation
severely threatened by forest degradation and conversion due to shifting agriculture, and hunting by humans
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is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar
In Biome: Tropical Dry Forest, Distribution and habitat
only known from dry deciduous forest at its type locality of Ambodimahabibo
In Ecosystem: Madagascar Dry Deciduous Forests, Distribution and habitat
only known from dry deciduous forest at its type locality of Ambodimahabibo
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== Behaviour and ecology ==
Sportive lemurs are strictly nocturnal and predominantly arboreal, moving among the trees with long jumps powered by their strong hind legs.
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The family consists of only one extant genus, Lepilemur.
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All species are listed by CITES on Appendix I
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IUCN Red List status Endangered
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