Wright's sportive lemur explained

Wright's sportive lemur (Lepilemur wrightae), or the Kalambatritra sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It is one of the larger sportive lemurs with a total length of about 52to, of which 24– are tail.^[1] It is found in southeastern Madagascar, living in primary and secondary mid-altitude forests.

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Mammals of Madagascar, A Complete Guide. Garbutt, Nick. 2007. 119–120.
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 .