- Claire's Mouse Lemur
Taxobox
name = Claire's Mouse Lemur
status = DD
status_system = iucn3.1
image_width = 200px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Primate s
familia =Cheirogaleidae
genus = "Microcebus "
species = "M. mamiratra"
binomial = "Microcebus mamiratra"
binomial_authority =Andriantompohavana et al., 2006Claire's Mouse Lemur ("Microcebus mamiratra") is a newly described species of
lemur from the genus of the mouse lemurs ("Microcebus "). It lives only on the islandNosy Bé in theAntsiranana province ofMadagascar . The scientific type name, "mamiratra", comes from Malagasy and means "clear and bright"; this refers theTheodore F. and Claire M. Hubbard Family Foundation , which has contributed to genetic research on Madagascar. This species is closely related to another new species, "M. species nova # 5"; which is related to theSambirano Mouse Lemur , "Microcebus sambiranensis", and theNorthern Rufous Mouse Lemur , "Microcebus tavaratra".cite journal| author = Andriantompohavana, R., Zaonarivelo, J.R., Engberg, S.E., Randriamampionona, R., McGuire, S.M., Shore, G.D., Rakotonomenjanahary, R., Brenneman, R.A. & Louis, E.E., Jr. | year = 2006 | title = Mouse Lemurs of Northeastern Madagascar with a Description of a New Species at Lokobe Special Reserve | journal = Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University | volume = 259 | pages = i+1–24 | url = http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/publications/opapers/ops/OP259.pdf | format = PDF]This lemur is, with a weight of 60 g, average for its genus. The fur of the upper part is reddish-brown and becomes darker in the middle of the back. The tail is also reddish-brown, but the underbelly is white or creamy.
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