Authority citation: Craul, M., Zimmermann, E., Rasoloharijaona, S., Randrianambinina, B. and Radespiel, U. 2017. Corrective paper concerning two new species of the genus Lepilemur Geoffroy, 1851 (Mammalia). Dumerilia 7:72-77.
Original name as described: Lepilemur otto
Nominal names: otto Craul, E. Zimmermann, Rasoloharijaona, Randrianambinina, & Radespiel, 2007 [unpublished electronic] | otto Craul, E. Zimmermann, Rasoloharijaona, Randrianambinina, & Radespiel, 2017
Other common names: Otto's Sportive Lemur
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Primates -- Family: Lepilemuridae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: TiHo 02y04bibo
Type locality: Madagascar, province of Mahajanga, Ambodimahabibo (15° 29' S, 47° 28' E).
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Madagascar (MDG)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Endangered
Species-specific notes: recently described; the species original description in 2007 does not meet the ICZN standards, thus, the name was subsequently redescribed in 2017, validating the name
Citation: Craul, M., Zimmermann, E., Rasoloharijaona, S., Randrianambinina, B. and Radespiel, U. 2007. Unexpected species diversity of Malagasy primates (Lepilemur spp.) in the same biogeographical zone: a morphological and molecular approach with the description of two new species. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 83.|Craul, M., Zimmermann, E., Rasoloharijaona, S., Randrianambinina, B., & Radespiel, U. (2017). Corrective paper concerning two new species of the genus Lepilemur Geoffroy, 1851 (Mammalia). Dumerilia, 7, 72-77.
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