Goodman's Mouse Lemur

Goodman's Mouse Lemur

Taxobox
name = Goodman's Mouse Lemur


image_width = 200px
status = DD
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cheirogaleidae
genus = "Microcebus"
species = "M. lehilahytsara"
binomial = "Microcebus lehilahytsara"
binomial_authority = Roos and Kappeler, 2005

Goodman's Mouse Lemur ("Microcebus lehilahytsara") is a species of mouse lemur from Andasibe in eastern Madagascar. It is thought to have diverged from other mouse lemurs in the region about 2 million years ago.

The species is named in honor of primatologist Steve Goodman. "Lehilahytsara" is a combination of the Malagasy words which mean "good" and "man". The finding was presented August 10, 2005, along with the discovery of the Northern Giant Mouse Lemur ("Mirza zaza") as a separate species.

In 2005, Goodman was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for his discovery and further research in Madagascar.

Goodman's Mouse Lemur is one of the smallest types of mouse lemurs ever found; the biggest one ever found was recorded to weigh convert|2.6|oz|lk=on, a heavy weight for this particular species.fact|date=May 2007

Though not much is known of this species, as it is such a new discovery, scientists do know that its mating season is particularly long.fact|date=May 2007 Males attract females via a long, throaty call, and the mating season lasts from August - January.fact|date=May 2007 The gestation period of a pregnant female is 2-3 months, and she gives birth to one or two babies at a time.fact|date=May 2007

External links

* [http://www.fieldmuseum.org/museum_info/press/press_lemur.htm Two new lemur species discovered] - Press release from the Chicago Field Museum


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