Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Hubbard's sportive lemur (Lepilemur hubbardorum), recorded as Endangered
Hubbard's sportive lemur (Lepilemur hubbardorum). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Hubbard's sportive lemur

Lepilemur hubbardorum

Hubbard's sportive lemur, or the Zombitse sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Lepilemur hubbardorum
Taxonomy
Mammalia · Primates · Lepilemuridae · Lepilemur

The primate

It has total length of about 51 to 59 cm (20 to 23 in), of that 23–25 cm (9.1–9.8 in) are tail.

Range and habitat

Hubbard's sportive lemur, or the Zombitse sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. Hubbard's sportive lemur is found north of the Onilahy River and south of the Mangoky River in Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park in southwestern Madagascar, living in dry transitional forests. The species listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and is threatened by habitat loss and degradation, forest fires, and unsustainable levels of hunting.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Data extrapolated from this survey indicates 16,500–18,000 individuals within the park.

Hubbard's sportive lemur is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Hubbard's sportive lemur, Wikidata item Q1209803. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Red-tailed sportive lemur (Lepilemur ruficaudatus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Red-tailed sportive lemur

Lepilemur ruficaudatus
Photograph of Sahamalaza sportive lemur (Lepilemur sahamalazensis), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Sahamalaza sportive lemur

Lepilemur sahamalazensis
Photograph of Northern sportive lemur (Lepilemur septentrionalis), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Northern sportive lemur

Lepilemur septentrionalis
Photograph of Hawks' sportive lemur (Lepilemur tymerlachsoni), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Hawks' sportive lemur

Lepilemur tymerlachsoni

Quick answers

What is Hubbard's sportive lemur?
Hubbard's sportive lemur, or the Zombitse sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar.
What is the conservation status of Hubbard's sportive lemur?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Lepilemur hubbardorum. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Hubbard's sportive lemur live?
Hubbard's sportive lemur is found north of the Onilahy River and south of the Mangoky River in Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park in southwestern Madagascar, living in dry transitional forests.
Why is Hubbard's sportive lemur in crisis?
Data extrapolated from this survey indicates 16,500–18,000 individuals within the park.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Lepilemur hubbardorum?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Hubbard's sportive lemur a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.