Eastern lesser bamboo lemur

Eastern lesser bamboo lemur

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Lemuridae
Genus: Hapalemur
Species:
H. griseus
Binomial name
Hapalemur griseus
Link, 1795
Subspecies
  • H. g. griseus (Link, 1795)
  • H. g. gilberti (Rabarivol et al., 2007)
  • H. g. ranomafanensis (Rabarivol et al., 2007)
Distribution of H. griseus
Synonyms
  • cinereus Desmarest, 1820
  • olivaceus I. Geoffroy, 1851
  • schlegeli Pocock, 1917

The eastern lesser bamboo lemur (Hapalemur griseus), also known as the gray bamboo lemur, the gray gentle lemur, and the Mahajanga lemur is a small lemur endemic to Madagascar, with three known subspecies. As its name suggests, the eastern lesser bamboo lemur feeds mainly on bamboo. The lemurs of the genus Hapalemur have more manual dexterity and hand–eye coordination than most lemurs. They are vertical climbers and jump from stalk to stalk in thick bamboo forests.

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