Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Hawks' sportive lemur (Lepilemur tymerlachsoni), recorded as Critically Endangered
Hawks' sportive lemur (Lepilemur tymerlachsoni). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Hawks' sportive lemur

Lepilemur tymerlachsoni

Hawks' sportive lemur, also known as the Nosy Be sportive lemur or Nosy Be weasel lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Lepilemur tymerlachsoni
Taxonomy
Mammalia · Primates · Lepilemuridae · Lepilemur

Appearance

Hawks' sportive lemur is light brownish-gray with the upper half of the back a lighter reddish-brown. The underside is a light grayish-white. The outer side of the thighs and edges of the extremities also have a light reddish-brown color.

It is a moderately large sportive lemur, with a total length of about 50 to 68 cm (20 to 27 in), of that 22 to 27 cm (8.7 to 10.6 in) is the tail.

Range and habitat

Hawks' sportive lemur is endemic to Nosy Be island, Madagascar, where it is only known from Lokobe National Park and adjacent degraded forest. It is estimated to occupy an area of less than 72 km2 and occurs from 12-35 metres above sea level. The main forest type within its range is lowland rain forest, although the region experiences a distinct dry season.

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

Habits

Like all members of its genus, it is solitary, nocturnal and largely folivorous.

In crisis

It is threatened by habitat loss and unsustainable hunting. Hawks' sportive lemur is threatened by forest degradation and clearing for agriculture and timber resource extraction. Additionally, it is locally hunted at an unsustainable rate, and captured individuals have been recorded being sold to tourists.

Hawks' sportive lemur is Critically 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 Hawks' sportive lemur, Wikidata item Q1210741. 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.

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Northern sportive lemur

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AEECL's sportive lemur

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Quick answers

What is Hawks' sportive lemur?
Hawks' sportive lemur, also known as the Nosy Be sportive lemur or Nosy Be weasel lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar.
What is the conservation status of Hawks' sportive lemur?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Lepilemur tymerlachsoni. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Hawks' sportive lemur live?
Hawks' sportive lemur is endemic to Nosy Be island, Madagascar, where it is only known from Lokobe National Park and adjacent degraded forest.
Why is Hawks' sportive lemur in crisis?
It is threatened by habitat loss and unsustainable hunting.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Lepilemur tymerlachsoni?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Hawks' sportive lemur a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.