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Seal's sportive lemur

Mammals

Seal's sportive lemur (Lepilemur seali), also called the Anjanaharibe-Sud sportive lemur, is a nocturnal, largely leaf-eating sportive lemur of northeastern Madagascar. Until a 2006 genetic analysis it was thought to be a population of the weasel sportive lemur. It has long, thick light chocolate-brown to reddish-brown fur, a total length of 53 cm and a weight of about 950 g. It occupies mid to high altitude humid rainforest, including Anjanaharibe-Sud Special Reserve and Makira Natural Park. Habitat loss, unsustainable hunting and climate change threaten it.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Threats
Agriculture and Aquaculture 1
Threats
Biological Resource Use 1
Threats
Climate Change and Severe Weather 1
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Conservation Status
Vulnerable 4
Body Size Band
Small 1
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Appendix I 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Lepilemuridae, Taxa
Source Sportive lemur (Wikipedia)

In Biome

Tropical Rainforest, Biomes
Source Seal's sportive lemur (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Madagascar Rainforests, Ecosystems
Source Seal's sportive lemur (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Madagascar

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Seal's sportive lemur (Wikipedia)Lead, where it lives
Quote, Lead, where it lives
is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar
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1. Seal's sportive lemur (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    it is nocturnal and largely folivorous
  • Threats and conservation
    forest clearing for shifting agriculture
  • Threats and conservation, threats
    hunting of the species is unsustainable
  • Threats and conservation, threats (2)
    The species' distribution is also expected to shrink by 8% by 2080 due to climate change alone
  • Lead, where it lives
    is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar
  • Description
    It weighs approximately 950 g
  • In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Distribution and habitat
    occupies mid to high altitude humid rainforests
  • In Ecosystem: Madagascar Rainforests, Distribution and habitat
    occupies mid to high altitude humid rainforests
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2. Sportive lemur (Wikipedia)
  • == Behaviour and ecology ==
    Sportive lemurs are strictly nocturnal and predominantly arboreal, moving among the trees with long jumps powered by their strong hind legs.
  • Lead
    The family consists of only one extant genus, Lepilemur.
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3. Wikipedia: Lemur
Conservation
Quote, Conservation
All species are listed by CITES on Appendix I
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4. Mammal Diversity Database: Lepilemur seali
Mammal Diversity DatabaseIUCN Red List status
Quote, IUCN Red List status
IUCN Red List status Vulnerable
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