Lepilemur mustelinus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Lepilemuridae
- Genus
- Lepilemur
- Species
- Lepilemur mustelinus
- Scientific Name
- Lepilemur mustelinus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Weasel sportive lemur
The weasel sportive lemur (Lepilemur mustelinus), also known as the greater sportive lemur, weasel lemur, or greater weasel lemur, is a species of lemur endemic to Madagascar. Like all members of its genus, it is nocturnal and largely folivorous. Described by Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1851, it is the type species of genus Lepilemur. It is threatened by habitat loss, climate change and hunting.
...Lepilemur mustelinus in languages:
- Arabic
- ليمور مرح كبير
- Bokmål
- Rødbrun Røyskattlemur
- Bokmål
- Rødbrun Røyskattmaki
- Czech
- lemur čilý
- Dutch
- Grote Wezelmaki
- English
- Weasel Sportive Lemur
- English
- Greater Sportive Lemur
- English
- Greater Weasel Lemur
- Finnish
- hoikkamaki
- French
- Grand lépilémur
- French
- Lépilémur mustélin
- French
- Lépilémur à queue rouge
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Lepilemur aeeclis
- Lepilemur ahmansonorum
- Lepilemur ankaranensis
- Lepilemur betsileo
- Lepilemur dorsalis
- Lepilemur edwardsi
- Lepilemur fleuretae
- Lepilemur grewcockorum
- Lepilemur hollandorum
- Lepilemur hubbardorum
- Lepilemur jamesorum
- Lepilemur leucopus
- Lepilemur microdon
- Lepilemur milanoii
- Lepilemur mustelinus
- Lepilemur otto
- Lepilemur petteri
- Lepilemur randrianasoloi
- Lepilemur ruficaudatus
- Lepilemur sahamalaza
- Lepilemur scottorum
- Lepilemur seali
- Lepilemur septentrionalis
- Lepilemur tymerlachsoni
- Lepilemur wrightae







