Avahi ramanantsoavanai

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	PRIMATES	INDRIIDAE

Scientific Name:

Avahi ramanantsoavanai

Species Authority:

Zaramody, Fausser, Roos, Zinner, Andriaholinirina, Rabarivola, Norscia, Tattersall & Rumpler, 2006

Common Name/s:

English

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Ramantsoavana's Southern Woolly Lemur

Synonym/s:

Avahi ramanantsoavani Zaramody, Fausser, Roos, Zinner, Andriaholinirina, Rabarivola, Norscia, Tattersall & Rumpler, 2006

Taxonomic Notes:

Although described as a subspecies of A. meridionalis by Zaramody et al. (2006), it is here treated as distinct following Andriantompohavana et al. (2007) who examined the taxonomy of Avahi according to the Phylogenetic Species Concept.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Hoffmann, M.
Reviewer/s:	Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Data Deficient as this species is only recently described, and further information is required to determine its limits of distribution, population status and threats.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Restricted to the type locality of the Manombo Reserve in south-eastern Madagascar. The precise limits of the distribution are unknown (Zaramody et al. 2006)
Countries:	Native: Madagascar
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Population [top]

Population:	Unknown. Described only in 2006.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	An inhabitant of the eastern rainforests.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Unknown.

Major Threat(s):

Unknown.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Listed on CITES Appendix I. Present in the Manombo Special Reserve.

Conservation Actions:

Listed on CITES Appendix I. Present in the Manombo Special Reserve.

Bibliography [top]

	Andriantompohavana, R., Lei, R., Zaonarivelo, J., Engberg, S., Nalanirina, G., McGuire, S., Shore, G., Andrianasolo, J., Herrington, K., Brenneman, R. and Louis, E. 2007. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the woolly lemurs, genus Avahi (primates: Lemuriformes). Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 51: 1-60. Mittermeier, R., Louis, E., Hawkins, F., Langrand, O., Ganzhorn, J., Konstant, W., Rasoloarison, R., Rajaobelina, S. and Richardson, M. 2008. Lemurs of Madagascar, 3rd edition. Conservation International. Zaramody, A., Fausser, J.-L., Roos, C., Zinner, D., Andriaholinirina, N., Rabarivola, C., Norscia, I., Tattersall, I. and Rumpler, Y. 2006. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the eastern woolly lemurs (Avahi laniger). Primate Report 74: 9–23.

Andriantompohavana, R., Lei, R., Zaonarivelo, J., Engberg, S., Nalanirina, G., McGuire, S., Shore, G., Andrianasolo, J., Herrington, K., Brenneman, R. and Louis, E. 2007. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the woolly lemurs, genus Avahi (primates: Lemuriformes). Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 51: 1-60.

Mittermeier, R., Louis, E., Hawkins, F., Langrand, O., Ganzhorn, J., Konstant, W., Rasoloarison, R., Rajaobelina, S. and Richardson, M. 2008. Lemurs of Madagascar, 3rd edition. Conservation International.

Zaramody, A., Fausser, J.-L., Roos, C., Zinner, D., Andriaholinirina, N., Rabarivola, C., Norscia, I., Tattersall, I. and Rumpler, Y. 2006. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the eastern woolly lemurs (Avahi laniger). Primate Report 74: 9–23.

Citation:	Hoffmann, M. 2008. Avahi ramanantsoavanai. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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