Exploring the only known case of sympatry in sportive lemurs: isolation by distance or speciation?
Jordi Salmona, Besoa RANJAVAO, Emmanuel Rasolondraibe, Ando Nantenaina Rakotonanahary, Tantely Ralantoharijaona, Fabien Jan, Barbara Le Pors, Helena Teixeira, Célia Kun‐Rodrigues, Mohamed Thani Ibouroi, Said Ali Ousseni Dhurham, Radavison Zaranaina, Vivien Gabillaud, M. Barnavon, Angelika Beck, , Lounès Chikhi
The paper examines sympatry in sportive lemurs using genomic and morphological data, finding clinal variation rather than speciation, and reclassifies L. milanoii as a synonym of L. ankaranensis.
bioRxiv · Aug 28, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology