Reddish-gray Mouse Lemur

Taxobox
name = Reddish-gray Mouse LemurMSW3 Groves | pages = 112]
status = LC
status_ref =
trend = unknown
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cheirogaleidae
genus = "Microcebus"
species = "M. griseorufus"
binomial = "Microcebus griseorufus"
binomial_authority = (Kollman, 1910)The Reddish-gray Mouse Lemur ("Microcebus griseorufus") also known as the Gray-brown Mouse Lemur, is found in Western Madagascar in the region around Beza Mahafaly Reserve, north to Lamboharana.

"Microcebus griseorufus" has a pelage color that is alternating light neutral gray, pale neutral gray, and light pale neutral gray dorsally and ventrally light grayish-white on the anterior two-thirds and bicolored light grayish-white and pale neutral gray on the posterior one-third . There is a cinnamon colored dorsal stripe running from the crown of the head or the shoulders to the end of the tail. The head of this species has a pale neutral gray spot above the nose, cinnamon around the eyes, a clay colored crown, and eras that are light neutral gray. The dorsal side of the tail is cinnamon colored while the ventral side is grayish-beige on the most distal two-thirds and cinnamon with faint brownish black streaks on the proximal one-third. The hands and feet are colored grayish-white and the vibrissae are dark in color. This species has a relatively robust skull.

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