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

Endangered

Petter's sportive lemur

Lepilemur petteri

Petter's sportive lemur is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar.

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

The primate

It is one of the smaller sportive lemurs with a total length of about 49 to 54 cm (19 to 21 in), of that 22–25 cm (8.7–9.8 in) are tail.

Range and habitat

Petter's sportive lemur is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. Petter's sportive lemur is found in southwestern Madagascar, living in dry spiny forests and some gallery forests.

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

In crisis

Petter'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 Petter's sportive lemur, Wikidata item Q1209742. 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 Petter's sportive lemur?
Petter's sportive lemur is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar.
What is the conservation status of Petter's sportive lemur?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Lepilemur petteri. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Petter's sportive lemur live?
Petter's sportive lemur is found in southwestern Madagascar, living in dry spiny forests and some gallery forests.
Why is Petter's sportive lemur in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Lepilemur petteri?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Petter's sportive lemur a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.