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Lepilemur seali Louis et al., 2006

Scientific name: 
Scientist name: 
Louis et al., 2006
Malagasy: 
Tsitsihy (Makira)
English: 
Seal’s Sportive Lemur
German: 
Seal’s Wieselmaki
Other english: 
Anjanaharibe-Sud Sportive Lemur
French: 
Lépilémur de Seal
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Species

Identification

Lepilemur seali is a medium-sized sportive lemur with a head-body length of 27 cm, a tail length of 26 cm, a total length of 53 cm, and a body weight of about 950 g (Louis et al., 2006b; Lei et al., 2008). The pelage is extremely long and thick, being uniformly light chocolate-brown to reddish-brown above and lighter brownish-gray below with cream- tipped hairs along the lateral border. The face is light brownish-gray, and a yellow to white collar is present on the neck. The hands and feet are a light grayish-brown, and the tail is a contrasting brownish-gray, occasionally with the hairs tipped with white (Louis et al., 2006b).