Randrianasolo's sportive lemur (''Lepilemur randrianasoloi''), or the Bemaraha 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

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. It has a total length of about , of which are tail. Randrianasolo's sportive lemur is found in western Madagascar. Originally named ''L. randriansoli'', the name was found to be incorrectly formed and was corrected to ''L. randrianasoloi'' in 2009. This species's original 2006 description was entirely online, and therefore did not meet the

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standards to be a valid name. It was given a formal described in 2017.

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Sportive lemurs Mammals described in 2017 {{lemur-stub