Sanford's brown lemur (Eulemur sanfordi) is a medium-sized strepsirrhine primate of the family Lemuridae, found only at the northernmost tip of Madagascar between Antsiranana and Ampanakana. Its populations are concentrated in the Ankarana, Analamerana and Montagne d'Ambre forests, with a small separate group at Daraina, in tropical moist and dry forest up to 1,400 m. It has a body length of 38 to 40 cm, a long tail and a weight of 1.8 to 1.9 kg, and males carry spiky ear and cheek tufts. It is cathemeral, lives in troops of 3 to 15 and is named for Leonard Cutler Sanford. It is Endangered, with logging, mining and hunting as threats.
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This species is found at the very northernmost tip of Madagascar
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Sanford's brown lemur is considered to be Endangered
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Sanford's brown lemur is said to display a cathemeral activity pattern
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This species occurs in tropical moist, dry lowland and montane forests up to elevations of 1,400 m.
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Primary threats to its survival are habitat loss due to logging and mining, but hunting is starting to become a significant problem as well.
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The species is known to be hunted and kept as pets by locals in the Antsiranana region.
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and a body weight of 1.8-1.9 kg (4.0-4.2 lb)
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This species is found at the very northernmost tip of Madagascar
Child Taxon Of: Lemuridae, Lead
is a species of strepsirrhine primate in the family Lemuridae
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is a species of strepsirrhine primate in the family Lemuridae
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All species are listed by CITES on Appendix I
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