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Lepilemurs are rare in Ranomafana, and the species is not certain (and may not even be described yet). The range maps in (Rowe 1996) claim that L. microdon should be the resident species (while Mittermeier et al, 1994 shows L. mustelinus, but this is incorrect, he had the two reversed). For many years there was one in a tree near CH200 .
Lepilemurs mass between .5kg and 1kg depending on the species. They are folivorous primates, usually solitary. They are vertical clingers and leapers. In most species they live in holes in trees (and may sleep in the same hole for years), often they will poke their heads out in the afternoon and sit dozing.
The Lepilemurs at RNP have been observed to give birth in October (Wright, 1999)
Mammalia -> Primata (Strepsirrhini, Lemuriformes) -> Megaladapidae (Lepilemurinae) -> Lepilemur sp.
There are probably undescribed species in this genus (Mittermeier et al, 1994)
Charles-Dominique, P., et al, 1980, Nocturnal Malagasy Primates, Academic Press.
Mittermeier, Russell et al, 1994, The Lemurs of Madagascar, Conservation International
Rowe, Noel, 1996, The Pictorial Guide to the Living Primates, Pogonias Press
Wright, P.C. 1999 "Lemur traits and Madagascar ecology: coping with an island environment." Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 42: 31-72.
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