Fleurete's Sportive Lemur
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Fleurete's sportive lemur (''Lepilemur fleuretae''), or the Andohahela sportive lemur, 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 medium-sized sportive lemur with a total length of about , of which about in are tail Fleurete's sportive lemur is found in southeastern Madagascar, living in primary and secondary rainforests. The lemur was named after Fleurette Andriantsilavo, who was Secretary General of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forestry in Madagascar.


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Sportive lemurs Endemic fauna of Madagascar Mammals of Madagascar Critically endangered fauna of Africa Mammals described in 2006 {{lemur-stub