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

Endangered

Scott's sportive lemur

Lepilemur scottorum

Scott's sportive lemur, or the Masoala sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar.

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

Appearance

It has greyish brown fur and a black-tipped tail.

Range and habitat

Scott's sportive lemur, or the Masoala sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar.

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

In crisis

Scott'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 Scott's sportive lemur — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q664080. 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 Scott's sportive lemur?
Scott's sportive lemur, or the Masoala sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar.
What is the conservation status of Scott's sportive lemur?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Lepilemur scottorum. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Scott's sportive lemur live?
Scott's sportive lemur, or the Masoala sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar.
Why is Scott'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 scottorum?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Scott's sportive lemur a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.