Grewcock's sportive lemur explained

Grewcock's sportive lemur (Lepilemur grewcockorum), or the Anjiamangirana sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It is a medium-sized sportive lemurs with a total length of about 55to, of which 26- are tail.^[1] Grewcock's sportive lemur is found in northwestern Madagascar, living in dry deciduous forests.

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

It was also found to be synonymous with the Manasamody sportive lemur (Lepilemur manasamody),^[2] known for its primarily grey-brown coloration and known only from Ambongabe and Anjiamangirana I (between the Sofia River in the south and the Maevarano River in the north).^[3] The decision was made because the sampling sites were within 2km (01miles) of each other, and no geographic barrier could be identified.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Mammals of Madagascar, A Complete Guide. limited. Garbutt, Nick. 2007. 128. Yale University Press . 9780300125504 .
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 .
3. Mathias Craul . Elke Zimmermann . Solofo Rasoloharijaona . Blanchard Randrianambinina . Ute Radespiel . 2007-05-31 . Unexpected species diversity of Malagasy primates (Lepilemur spp.) in the same biogeographical zone: a morphological and molecular approach with the description of two new species . BMC Evolutionary Biology . 7 . 1 . 83 . 10.1186/1471-2148-7-83 . 17540016 . 1913500 . free . 2007BMCEE...7...83C .