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Red tailed Sportive Lemur
Lepilemur ruficaudatus
-20.7214, 44.1881
Field Notes
Description:
The red-tailed sportive lemur (Lepilemur ruficaudatus), or red-tailed weasel lemur, is native to Madagascar like all lemurs. It is a nocturnal species feeding largely on leaves, though they also eat some fruit. Individuals weigh around 800 grams.
In general they live in mated pairs, with a home range of about 10,000 square metres. Travel distances each night are between 100 metres and 1 km, making this a relatively inactive species.
Saw this one in the early morning outside it's hole, heating up in the morning sun before going inside. Nights were cold.
Habitat:
Madagascar dry deciduous forests.
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