Grey Bamboo Lemur
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| Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur[1] | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Lemuridae |
| Genus: | Hapalemur |
| Species: | H. griseus |
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| Hapalemur griseus (Link, 1795) |
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Hapalemur griseus griseus (Link, 1795) |
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| Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur range | |
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The grey bamboo lemur, grey gentle lemur, or the eastern lesser bamboo lemur (Hapalemur griseus griseus) is the smallest of the bamboo lemurs. It lives mostly in bamboo forests in eastern Madagascar. It is normally active at dusk, eating bamboo leaves and shoots.
Appearance [change]
Grey bamboo lemurs typically get up to 1 foot (0.30 m) long and weight up to 5 pounds (2.3 kg). The eastern lesser bamboo lemur has a dense, woolly coat that is grey to olive-grey on the upperparts, with chestnut-brown tinges on the head, shoulders, and sometimes the back.
References [change]
- ↑ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds). ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd edition ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 116. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100051.
- ↑ Andrainarivo, C., Andriaholinirina, V. N., Feistner, A., Felix, T., Ganzhorn, J., Garbutt, N., Golden, C., Konstant, B., Louis Jr., E., Meyers, D., Mittermeier, R. A., Perieras, A., Princee, F., Rabarivola, J. C., Rakotosamimanana, B., Rasamimanana, H., Ratsimbazafy, J., Raveloarinoro, G., Razafimanantsoa, A., Rumpler, Y., Schwitzer, C., Thalmann, U., Wilmé, L. & Wright, P. (2008). Hapalemur griseus. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2008. Retrieved on 1 January 2009.
