- Mittermeier's Mouse Lemur
Taxobox
name = Mittermeier's Mouse Lemur
image_width = 200px
status = DD
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Primate s
familia =Cheirogaleidae
genus = "Microcebus "
species = "M. mittermeieri"
binomial = "Microcebus mittermeieri"
binomial_authority = Louis et al., 2006Mittermeier's Mouse Lemur ("Microcebus mittermeieri") is a species of
mouse lemur known only from Anjanaharibe-Sud Special Reserve in Madagascar.The species is named in honor of
primatologist Russell Mittermeier , who is President ofConservation International .Mittermeier's Mouse Lemur is the smallest of the east coast mouse lemurs. Its body is light reddish-brown to rust with orange tints and the base of its limbs. The belly is whitish-brown and there is a distinctive white patch on the snout, past the level of the eyes. The tail tip is black.
The finding was announced
June 21 ,2006 at theConservation International Global Symposium inAntananarivo ,Madagascar , along with the discovery ofJolly's Mouse Lemur "Microcebus jollyae" andSimmons' 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]External links
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