The Daraina sportive lemur (''Lepilemur milanoii'') is a

sportive lemur The sportive lemurs are the medium-sized primates that make up the family Lepilemuridae. The family consists of only one extant genus, ''Lepilemur''. They are closely related to the other lemurs and exclusively live on the island of Madagascar. ...

endemic to

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

. It is a relatively small sportive lemur with a total length of about , of which are tail. L. milanoii is found in northern Madagascar, living in dry deciduous, gallery, and semi-evergreen forests. Its known distribution range covers the

Loky-Manambato Loky-Manambato is a protected area in northern Madagascar. The protected area covers 2484.09 km2,UNEP-WCMC (2022)Protected Area Profile for Loky Manambatofrom the World Database on Protected Areas. Accessed 18 September 2022. and includes a block ...

region and the species has surprisingly also been reported to occur in sympatry with ''L. ankaranensis'' in the Andrafiamena protected area, both areas being managed by the NGO Fanamby. Daraina sportive lemur has been reported to occur at high densities in the forest fragments of Solaniampilana and Bekaraoka.Meyler SV, Salmona J, Ibouroi MT, Besolo A, Rasolondraibe E, Radespiel U, Rabarivola C, Chikhi L (2012) Density estimates of two endangered nocturnal lemur species from Northern Madagascar: new results and a comparison of commonly used methods. American Journal of Primatology 74:414–422

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Sportive lemurs Mammals described in 2006 {{lemur-stub