Jolly's Mouse Lemur

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name = Jolly's Mouse Lemur
status = DD
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cheirogaleidae
genus = "Microcebus"
species = "M. jollyae"
binomial = "Microcebus jollyae"
binomial_authority = Louis et al., 2006

Jolly's Mouse Lemur ("Microcebus jollyae") is a species of mouse lemur from Mananjary and Kianjavato in Madagascar.

The species is named in honor of primatologist Alison Jolly.

Jolly's Mouse Lemur is uniformly reddish-brown with a small white patch on the snout and a completely gray belly.

The finding was announced June 21, 2006 at the Conservation International Global Symposium in Antananarivo, Madagascar, along with the discovery of Mittermeier's Mouse Lemur "Microcebus mittermeieri" and Simmons' Mouse Lemur "Microcebus simmonsi" as separate species. [ [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L21808581.htm Three new lemurs take a bow in Madagascar] - Reuters News Release] These new species were also officially announced in a paper in the "International Journal of Primatology". [cite journal | title = Revision of the Mouse Lemurs ("Microcebus") of Eastern Madagascar | pages = 347–389 | author = Edward E. Louis, Melissa S. Coles, Rambinintsoa Andriantompohavana, Julie A. Sommer, Shannon E. Engberg, John R. Zaonarivelo, Mireya I. Mayor, Rick A. Brenneman | journal = International Journal of Primatology | volume = 27 | issue = 2 | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1007/s10764-006-9036-1]

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