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title: "Red-tailed Sportive Lemur"
description: "Lepilemur ruficaudatus — Mammiferi. The red-tailed sportive lemur (Lepilemur ruficaudatus), or red-tailed weasel lemur, is native to Madagascar like all lemurs."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/red-tailed-sportive-lemur
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red-tailed Sportive Lemur

> Lepilemur ruficaudatus — Mammiferi. The red-tailed sportive lemur (Lepilemur ruficaudatus), or red-tailed weasel lemur, is native to Madagascar like all lemurs.

- Scientific name: *Lepilemur ruficaudatus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 153
- Wikidata: [Q1152347](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1152347)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43637](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43637)

## Names

- en: Red-tailed Sportive Lemur
- de: Rotschwanz-Wieselmaki
- es: Lémur saltador de cola roja
- fr: Petit lépilémur
- nl: Roodstaartwezelmaki

## Countries with the most observations

MG (116)

## Summary

The red-tailed sportive lemur (Lepilemur ruficaudatus), or red-tailed weasel lemur, is native to Madagascar like all lemurs. It is a nocturnal species feeding largely on leaves, though they also eat some fruit. Individuals weigh around 800 g (1.8 lb), and there is little sexual dimorphism. In general they live in mated pairs, with a home range of about 10,000 square metres. Both members of the pair use the same home range, and there is little overlap between the home ranges of neighbouring pairs. Travel distances each night are between 100 m (330 ft) and 1 km (0.6 mi), making this a relatively inactive species. This…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_sportive_lemur

## Photo

![Red-tailed Sportive Lemur](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-tailed-sportive-lemur/medium.jpg)

Photo: n_armstrong · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137601676

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-tailed-sportive-lemur?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).