Northern Rufous Mouse Lemur

Taxobox
name = Northern Rufous Mouse LemurMSW3 Groves | pages = 113]
status = EN
status_ref =
trend = unknown
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cheirogaleidae
genus = "Microcebus"
species = "M. tavaratra"
binomial = "Microcebus tavaratra"
binomial_authority = (Rasoloarison et al., 2000)

The Northern Rufous Mouse Lemur ("Microcebus tavaratra") is found in North-western Madagascar in Ankarana Reserve.

"Microcebus tavaratra" has long, dense pelage that is bicolored to tricolored, raw umber, clay color, and yellow ochre, dorsally and a whitish-biege color ventrally. The middorsal stripe varies in color from raw umber to verona brown . The crown and ears of this species are a reddish shade and the area between the eyes is grayish-white. The orbital area is raw umber and cinnamon and around the anterior portion of the eyes there are black markings. The proximal part of the tail is bicolored raw umber and cinnamon, and the distal portion of the tail is cinnamon brown and raw umber. The pelage of the hands and feet of the northern rufous mouse lemur is whitish-gray in color. This species has vibrissae that are dark in color.

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