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Ramanantsoavana's woolly lemur

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Family
  
Scientific name
  
Avahi ramanantsoavani

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Suborder
  
Genus
  
Avahi

Higher classification
  
Woolly Lemurs

Ramanantsoavana's woolly lemur

Similar
  
Southern woolly lemur, Sambirano woolly lemur, Woolly Lemurs, Bemaraha woolly lemur, Western woolly lemur

Ramanantsoavana's woolly lemur (Avahi ramanantsoavanai), also known as Ramanantsoavana's avahi or the Manombo woolly lemur, is a species of woolly lemur native to southeastern Madagascar. It weighs about 1 kg. It was originally considered a subspecies of the southern woolly lemur (A. meridionalis), A. m. ramanantsoavana, but was elevated to a separate species in 2006 based on molecular, phenotypic and morphological data.

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Ramanantsoavana's woolly lemur Wikipedia