Ramanantsoavana's Woolly Lemur
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The Ramanantsoavana's woolly lemur (Avahi ramanantsoavani), also known as Manombo woolly lemur or Ramanantsoavana's avahi, is a species
of woolly lemur
native to southeastern Madagascar
. It weighs about 1 kg. It was originally considered a subspecies of Southern woolly lemur
(A. meridionalis), A. m. ramanantsoavana, but was elevated to a separate species in 2007 based on molecular, phenotypic and morphological data.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of woolly lemur
Woolly lemur
The woolly lemurs, also known as avahis or woolly indris, are nine species of strepsirrhine primates. Like all other lemurs, they live only on the island of Madagascar....
native to southeastern Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
. It weighs about 1 kg. It was originally considered a subspecies of Southern woolly lemur
Southern Woolly Lemur
The southern woolly lemur , or southern avahi, has been recently recognized as a separate species of woolly lemur in 2006 by Zaramody et al. It is a nocturnal and pair-living species...
(A. meridionalis), A. m. ramanantsoavana, but was elevated to a separate species in 2007 based on molecular, phenotypic and morphological data.