Sambirano mouse lemur
Sambirano mouse lemur | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Family: | Cheirogaleidae |
Genus: | Microcebus |
Species: | M. sambiranensis |
Binomial name | |
Microcebus sambiranensis Rasoloarison et al., 2000[3] | |
Distribution of M. sambiranensis[1] |
The Sambirano mouse lemur (Microcebus sambiranensis) is a small, recently discovered primate, and like the other mouse lemurs can only be found on the island of Madagascar. The dorsal side is both cinnamon and rufous-cinnamon, and is grey ventrally. It has vibrissae that are dark in color.
The species was discovered in northwestern Madagascar, in the Ankarana Special Reserve, after completing a survey of the area. It was named as a separate species at the same time as the Madame Berthe's mouse lemur (Microcebus berthae) and northern rufous mouse lemur (Microcebus tavaratra).
References
Wikispecies has information related to Sambirano mouse lemur |
- 1 2 Andriaholinirina, N.; et al. (2014). "Microcebus sambiranensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T41572A16113693. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T41572A16113693.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ↑ "Checklist of CITES Species". CITES. UNEP-WCMC. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ Groves, C.P. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 113. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
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