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Holland's sportive lemur
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Family:	Lepilemuridae
Genus:	Lepilemur
Species:	L. hollandorum
Binomial name
Lepilemur hollandorum Ramaromilanto et al., 2009
Distribution of L. hollandorum

Holland's sportive lemur (Lepilemur hollandorum), or the Mananara-Nord sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur that is endemic to Madagascar. It is one of 26 species in the genus Lepilemur. This lemur is found specifically in the Mananara-Nord Biosphere Reserve, but the limits of its habitat have yet to be determined. It lives in primary and secondary rainforests. Holland's sportive lemur was described in 2009.

Description

This species of sportive lemur weighs 1 kg (2 lb). It is closest in weight to the weasel sportive lemur.

The pelage on the head, along the shoulders down to the mid back is mottled reddish-gray. The color of its coat then becomes a lighter grayish-brown down to the pygal region of the tail.

References

1. ^ Louis, E.E.; Bailey, C.A.; Sefczek, T.M.; Raharivololona, B.; Schwitzer, C.; Ratsimbazafy, J.; Wilmet, L.; Borgerson, C.; Golden, C. (2020). "Lepilemur hollandorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T16971489A115587841. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T16971489A115587841.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. "Checklist of CITES Species". CITES. UNEP-WCMC. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
3. ^ Ramaromiltanto, B.; Lei, Runhua; Engberg, S.E.; Johnson, S.E.; Sitzmann, B.D.; Louis Jr., E.E. (2009). "Sportive Lemur Diversity at Mananara-Nord Biosphere Reserve, Madagascar". 286: 11. Retrieved 10 October 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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