Moore's woolly lemur

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| name = Moore's woolly lemur

| taxon = Avahi mooreorum

| authority = Lei et al., 2008{{cite journal | title = Nocturnal lemur diversity at Masoala National Park | last1 = Lei | first1 = R. | last2 = Engberg | first2 = S.E. | last3 = Andriantompohavana | first3 = R. | last4 = McGuire | first4 = S.M. | last5 = Mittermeier | first5 = R.A. | last6 = Zaonarivelo | first6 = J.R. | last7 = Brenneman | first7 = R.A. | last8 = Louis Jr. | first8 = E.E. | journal = Special Publications of the Museum of Texas Tech University | year = 2008 | volume = 53 | pages = 1–48 | url = http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/publications/specpubs/sps/SP53.pdf }}

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Eppley, T.M. |author2=Borgerson, C. |author3=Sawyer, R.M. |author4=Fenosoa, Z.S.E. |date=2020 |title=Avahi mooreorum |volume=2020 |page=e.T16971566A115588141 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T16971566A115588141.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| status2 = CITES_A1

| status2_system = CITES

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

| range_map = Avahi mooreorum range map.svg

| range_map_caption = Distribution of A. mooreorum

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Moore's woolly lemur (Avahi mooreorum), or the Masoala woolly lemur, is a woolly lemur endemic to Madagascar. It has brown-grey fur and a reddish tail. It is named in honor of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation of Palo Alto.

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Category:Mammals described in 2008

Category:Woolly lemurs

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