Pictures and facts about the Sportive lemurs

gray-backed sportive lemur	white-footed sportive lemur
weasel sportive lemur	red-tailed sportive lemur
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Sportive lemurs

Order : Primates
Family : Megaladapidae
Genus : Lepilemur

Facts about the genus Lepilemur, the sportive lemurs

Sportive lemurs are placed in the family ____________. (Full text)

However, in general sportive lemurs are brown to grey on their backs and tails with a light to white underbelly. (Full text)

often simply called the lepilemur) is a small nocturnal lemur which weighs about a pound (half a kilo). (Full text)

The small, sportive lemurs are now usually placed in their own family. (Full text)

Megaladapidae—Sportive lemurs are nocturnal and arboreal. (Full text)

8), while Lepilemur is at the bottom (EQ=2. (Full text)

True lemurs and sportive lemurs are larger, about the size of cats. (Full text)

WEASEL OR SPORTIVE LEMURS: FAMILY MEGALADAPIDAE The generic name, Lepilemur, is more appropriate for general use than the choice of vernacular names: lepilemurs don't look like weasels and are not very sportive. (Full text)

True lemurs and sportive lemurs are larger, about the size of cats. (Full text)

This lemur, as other sportive lemurs, is medium sized with a (Full text)

The sportive lemurs are the medium sized primates that make up the Megaladapidae family. (Full text)

(Major, 1894)IUCN Red List Status (1996):Not ListedDescriptionThis Lepilemur is a species of large size and sober pelage. (Full text)

Lepilemur is indeed deeply separated from all other lemur genera in the data set, which strongly supports the family status (Lepilemuridae) of this single genus. (Full text)