Rapid survey and assessment of the northern sportive lemur, lepilemur septentrionalis, in Northern Madagascar

Primate Conservation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-31

  Ranaivoarisoa, Jean Freddy ^a   Zaonarivelo, John R ^b   Lei, Runhua ^c   Johnson, Steig E ^d   Wyman, Tracy M ^d   Mittermeier, Russell A ^e   Louis Jr , Edward E ^a,c  

^a Amphibian Specialist Group / Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership   (Madagascar)

^b University of Antsiranana   (Madagascar)

^c Henry Doorly Zoo   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

Author keywords

Lepilemur septentrionalis; Montagne des Fran ais; northern sportive lemur; Sahafary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897033288     PISSN: 08986207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1896/052.027.0109     Document Type: Review

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