Lepilemur ruficaudatus

Animalia, Lepilemuridae, VU

Lepilemur ruficaudatus is a medium-sized sportive lemur with a head-body length of 24–30 cm, a tail length of 24–28 cm, a total length of 48–58 cm, and a body weight of 760– 950 g (Eaglen, 1986; Schmid and Ganzhorn, 1996; Ganzhorn, 2002; Zinner et al., 2003; Louis et al., 2006b; Garbutt, 2007). The dorsal coat is gray-brown, with reddish-chestnut tinges on the shoulders and forelimbs, similar to the color pattern of Lepilemur microdon. The tail is tinted red. The ventral coat is pale gray, and the throat is cream-colored. The ears are rounded and prominent. This species occurs in sympatry with at least five other nocturnal lemurs in four genera: Microcebus, Mirza, Cheirogaleus, and Phaner. It can be distinguished from Microcebus and Mirza by its much larger size, and from Cheirogaleus by its vertical clinging and leaping posture and locomotion. \([\dots]\) https://lemursofmadagascar.com

Current distribution

N. of observation used in the models

  N = 16

  Species distribution area

  SDA = 12 773 km\(^2\)

 

  Model performance
ROC OA TSS
Value 1.00 0.98 0.98

Climatic niche

Climatic and altitudinal range

 
temp prec tseas pseas cwd foret alt
Mean 250 800 2531 122 754 87 159
2.5% 225 459 1579 104 486 51 6
97.5% 265 1245 3116 141 877 100 718
Variable importance
GAM RF MaxE ANN mrank rank
temp 0.37 0.18 0.04 0.14 5.25 6
prec 0.66 0.31 0.10 0.13 3.50 3
tseas 0.09 0.21 0.05 0.27 4.62 5
pseas 0.54 0.34 0.22 0.68 2.25 2
cwd 0.49 0.21 0.00 0.29 4.38 4
foret 0.73 0.54 0.84 0.89 1.00 1

Vulnerability to climate change

Full dispersal

  RCP : 85, Year : 2080

 

Zero dispersal

  RCP : 85, Year : 2080

 

Scenarios
RCP Year Disp Area Change
1 45 2080 full 13 270 4
2 45 2080 zero 10 360 -19
3 85 2080 full 14 765 16
4 85 2080 zero 9 565 -25