Gray-backed sportive lemur

{{Short description|Species of lemur}}

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| name = Gray-backed sportive lemur

| taxon = Lepilemur dorsalis

| authority = J. E. Gray, 1870{{MSW3 Groves|pages=118|id=12100068}}

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Louis, E.E. |author2=Bailey, C.A. |author3=Sefczek, T.M. |author4=Raharivololona, B. |author5=Schwitzer, C. |author6=Ratsimbazafy, J. |author7=Wilmet, L. |date=2020 |title=Lepilemur dorsalis |volume=2020 |page=e.T11616A115565969 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T11616A115565969.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}

| status2 = CITES_A1

| status2_system = CITES

| status2_ref = {{cite web | url = http://checklist.cites.org/#/en/search/scientific_name=Lepilemur | title = Checklist of CITES Species | website = CITES | publisher = UNEP-WCMC | access-date = 18 March 2015}}

| image = Lepilemur dorsalis.jpg

| synonyms =

  • grandidieri Forsyth Major, 1894

| range_map = Lepilemur dorsalis range map.svg

| range_map_caption = Distribution of L. dorsalis

}}

The gray-backed sportive lemur (Lepilemur dorsalis), also known as Gray's sportive lemur or back-striped sportive lemur, is a species of lemur in the family Lepilemuridae. It is endemic to Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Category:Sportive lemurs

Category:Mammals described in 1870

Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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