Weasel Sportive Lemur

Taxobox
name = Weasel Sportive LemurMSW3 Groves|pages=118-119]
status = DD
trend = unknown
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Ganzhorn "et al"|year=2000|id=11620|title=Lepilemur mustelinus|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is data deficient]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
subordo = Strepsirrhini
familia = Lepilemuridae
genus = "Lepilemur"
species = "L. mustelinus"
binomial = "Lepilemur mustelinus"
binomial_authority = I. Geoffroy, 1851

The Weasel Sportive Lemur ("Lepilemur mustelinus"), also known as the Weasel Lemur or Greater Weasel Lemur, is a species of lemur native to northeastern Madagascar. Its habitat includes rainforests and tropical rainforests. Its dorsal side is a reddish-brown colour, and greyish brown ventrally. Its color darkens towards the tip of its tail. It has long, soft fur. It has an average body length of 12-14 inches (30-35 cm) and a tail length of 10-12 inches (25-30 cm)

The Weasel Sportive Lemur is predominantly a leaf-eater, although it supplements its diet with fruits and flowers. It is an arboreal species, and travels through the trees by leaping. As with other leaping primates, it has stereoscopic vision that enables it to determine distances precisely. Weasel Lemur groups consist solely of a mother and its offspring; the males are solitary, and are very territorial. Each Weasel Sportive Lemur occupies a territory of 1/2 to 1 1/4 acres (1500 to 5000 m²). Like other lemurs, they are nocturnal.

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