Lepilemur otto, Craul, 2007
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18. View Plate 5: Lepilemuridae
Ambodimahabibo Sportive Lemur
French: Lépilémur d’'Otto / German: Bongolava-Wieselmaki / Spanish: Lémur saltador de Otto
Other common names: Otto's Sportive Lemur
Taxonomy. Lepilemur otto Craul et al., 2007 View in CoL ,
Madagascar, province of Mahajanga, Ambodimahabibo (15° 29’ S, 47° 28’ E).
This species is monotypic.
Distribution. NW Madagascar, known only from its original collection site of Ambodimahabibo, the range is limited by the Mahajamba River in the S and the Sofia River in the N. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 28.7-30 cm, tail 24.8-27.4 cm; weight 853— 872 g. A medium-sized species of sportive lemur. The dorsal pelage, including the shoulders and upper and lower forelimbs, is predominantly gray-brown while the underside is generally gray to creamy. A dark, diffuse line runs from the middle of the crown and down the spine, ending either in the middle or the lower part of the back. The face and forehead are essentially gray. Thetail is gray-brown to deep brown, sometimes with a white tip.
Habitat. Dry forest patches.
Food and Feeding. There is no specific information available for this species, but it is presumably largely folivorous.
Breeding. There is no information available for this species.
Activity patterns. Nocturnal and arboreal.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. This species has not been studied in the wild.
Status and Conservation. CITES Appendix I. Classified as Data Deficient on The [UCN Red List. However, at the [IUCN/SSC Lemur Red-Listing Workshop held in July 2012, L. ottowas assessed as endangered. The Ambodimahabibo Sportive Lemur is not known to occur in any official protected areas but is found in the Ambodimahabibo Classified Forest, which provides some protection. Surveys are required in the heavily deforested region that it inhabits to obtain additional information about the location and viability of other remaining populations, so that conservation measures can be proposed.
Bibliography. Craul et al. (2007), Mittermeier et al. (2010).
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