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White-footed sportive lemur

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The use of this species's habitat as pasture for livestock has become a threat to its survival. The forests and shrubland of this region are annually burned to create new pasture for agriculture purposes, which is then overgrazed. This area is also subject to forest clearing to accommodate charcoal
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The basic social unit of this species is a mother and her offspring. Males live in solidarity and have territories that will overlap those of one or more females. Males may meet with females during the night for foraging and social grooming. The species is
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in southern Madagascar has estimated this species to have a density of several hundreds of individuals per square kilometer. Because its range is unclear, of the uncertainty regarding this lemur's habitat range, its
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Russel, R. J. 1977. The behavior, ecology, and environmental physiology of a nocturnal primate,
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Why all those spines?: Anachronistic defences in the Didiereoideae against now extinct lemurs.
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animal that moves through the forest using a vertical clinging and leaping technique. It is
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Vertical clingers and sleepers: Seasonal influences on the activities and substrate use of
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Hladik, C. M. and P. Charles-Dominique. The Behavior and Ecology of the Sportive Lemur (
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Eppley, T.M.; Ferguson, B.; Louis, E.E.; Rakotondranary, S.J.; Ganzhorn, J. (2020).
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This sportive lemur eats mainly leaves. During the dry season around
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Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference
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Lemurs of Madagascar and the Comoros. The IUCN Red Data Book.
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due to agriculture practices and charcoal production.
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Populations are protected in 425: 559:Harcourt, C. and Thornback, J. 1990. 7: 661:A short video of Lepilemur leucopus 457:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 14: 416:and the Berenty Private Reserve. 1326:IUCN Red List endangered species 933:Randrianasolo's sportive lemur ( 595:South African Journal of Science 579:Primate Adaptation and Evolution 333:, consuming and redigesting its 90: 807:Milne-Edwards' sportive lemur ( 407:Threats and conservation action 897:Mittermeier's sportive lemur ( 879:Small-toothed sportive lemur ( 1: 951:Sahamalaza's sportive lemur ( 861:White-footed sportive lemur ( 816:Fleurette's sportive lemur ( 798:Gray-backed sportive lemur ( 493:"Checklist of CITES Species" 337:to further breakdown of the 24:White-footed sportive lemur 942:Red-tailed sportive lemur ( 870:Manasamody sportive lemur ( 825:Grewcock's sportive lemur ( 771:Ahmanson's sportive lemur ( 262:white-footed sportive lemur 1357: 843:Hubbard's sportive lemur ( 834:Holland's sportive lemur ( 647:. Duckworth, London. 1974. 1336:Mammals described in 1894 1008: 996:Wright's sportive lemur ( 978:Northern sportive lemur ( 924:Petter's sportive lemur ( 789:Betsileo sportive lemur ( 780:Ankarana sportive lemur ( 704: 364:Madagascar spiny thickets 266:white-footed weasel lemur 244: 237: 229: 220: 202: 195: 87:Scientific classification 85: 68: 46: 37: 28: 23: 960:Scott's sportive lemur ( 762:Aeecl's sportive lemur ( 525:; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). 414:Andohahela National Park 987:Hawk's sportive lemur ( 969:Seal's sportive lemur ( 915:Otto's sportive lemur ( 906:Weasel sportive lemur ( 852:James' sportive lemur ( 581:. Academic Press. 1988. 388:Berenty Private Reserve 329:species. This lemur is 464:: e.T11618A115566334. 302:. It is threatened by 1244:Paleobiology Database 888:Ring sportive lemur ( 617:69(suppl. 1), 204-17. 270:dry-bush weasel lemur 1274:Lepidolemur leucopus 641:Lepilemur mustelinus 628:Lepilemur mustelinus 615:Folia Primatologica 397:conservation status 40:Conservation status 1080:Lepilemur_leucopus 1066:Lepilemur leucopus 1036:Lepilemur leucopus 980:L. septentrionalis 696:Species of family 610:Lepilemur leucopus 606:Nash, L. T. 1998. 450:Lepilemur leucopus 278:) is a species of 275:Lepilemur leucopus 206:Lepilemur leucopus 1313: 1312: 1231:Open Tree of Life 1028:Taxon identifiers 1019: 1018: 953:L. sahamalazensis 935:L. randrianasoloi 755: 752:(sportive lemurs) 645:Prosimian Biology 341:contained in it. 258: 257: 252: 80: 63: 1348: 1306: 1305: 1293: 1292: 1291: 1265: 1264: 1252: 1251: 1239: 1238: 1226: 1225: 1213: 1212: 1200: 1199: 1187: 1186: 1174: 1173: 1161: 1160: 1148: 1147: 1135: 1134: 1122: 1121: 1109: 1108: 1096: 1095: 1083: 1082: 1070: 1069: 1068: 1055: 1054: 1053: 1023: 989:L. tymerlachsoni 754: 753: 749: 690: 683: 676: 667: 648: 637: 631: 624: 618: 604: 598: 588: 582: 575: 564: 557: 551: 550: 515: 509: 508: 506: 504: 489: 483: 482: 480: 478: 473: 443: 250: 230:Distribution of 225: 208: 188:L. leucopus 95: 94: 74: 57: 52: 51: 33: 21: 16:Species of lemur 1356: 1355: 1351: 1350: 1349: 1347: 1346: 1345: 1331:Sportive lemurs 1316: 1315: 1314: 1309: 1301: 1296: 1287: 1286: 1281: 1268: 1260: 1255: 1247: 1242: 1234: 1229: 1221: 1216: 1208: 1203: 1195: 1190: 1182: 1177: 1169: 1164: 1156: 1151: 1143: 1138: 1130: 1125: 1117: 1112: 1104: 1099: 1091: 1086: 1078: 1073: 1064: 1063: 1058: 1049: 1048: 1043: 1030: 1020: 1015: 1004: 944:L. ruficaudatus 899:L. mittermeieri 782:L. ankaranensis 751: 750: 748: 738: 700: 694: 657: 652: 651: 638: 634: 625: 621: 605: 601: 589: 585: 577:Fleagle, J. 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Conservation status
Endangered
IUCN 3.1
CITES
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Primates
Strepsirrhini
Lepilemuridae
Lepilemur
Binomial name
Forsyth Major

Synonyms
lemur
Lepilemuridae
nocturnal
endemic
Madagascar
shrubland
habitat loss
Berenty
Alluaudia
coprophagous

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