James' sportive lemur explained

James' sportive lemur (Lepilemur jamesorum), or the Manombo sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It is one of the larger sportive lemurs with a total length of about 60to, of which 28to are tail.^[1] James' sportive lemur is found in southeastern Madagascar, living in primary and secondary lowland forests.

Originally named L. jamesi, the name was found to be incorrectly formed and was corrected to L. jamesorum in 2009.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Mammals of Madagascar, A Complete Guide. Garbutt, Nick. 2007. 118–119.
2. Hoffman . M. . Grubb . P. . Groves . C.P. . Hutterer . R. . Van der Straeten . E. . Simmons . N. . Bergmans . W. . A synthesis of African and western Indian Ocean Island mammal taxa (Class: Mammalia) described between 1988 and 2008: an update to Allen (1939) and Ansell (1989) . Zootaxa . 2009 . 2205 . 1–36 . 10.11646/zootaxa.2205.1.1 .