Grewcock's sportive lemur

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 55 to 63 cm (22 to 25 in), of which 26–30 cm (10–12 in) are tail.^[4] Grewcock's sportive lemur is found in northwestern Madagascar, living in dry deciduous forests.^[4]

Grewcock's sportive lemur
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Family:	Lepilemuridae
Genus:	Lepilemur
Species:	L. grewcockorum
Binomial name
Lepilemur grewcockorum Louis et al.., 2006[3]
Distribution of L. grewcockorum[1]
Synonyms
L. manasamody Craul et al., 2007

Originally named L. grewcocki, the name was found to be incorrectly formed and was corrected to L. grewcockorum in 2009.^[5]

It was also found to be synonymous with the Manasamody sportive lemur (Lepilemur manasamody),^[5][6] 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).^[7] The decision was made because the sampling sites were within 2 km (1.2 mi) of each other, and no geographic barrier could be identified.^[5]