Sambirano Mouse Lemur

Taxobox
name = Sambirano Mouse LemurMSW3 Groves|pages=113]
status = EN
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cheirogaleidae
genus = "Microcebus"
species = "M. sambiranensis"
binomial = "Microcebus sambiranensis"
binomial_authority = Rasoloarison et al, 2000

The Sambirano Mouse Lemur ("Microcebus sambiranensis") is a small, recently discovered primate, and like the other mouse lemurs can only be found on the island of Madagascar. The dorsal side is both cinnamon and rufous-cinnamon, and is grey ventrally. It has vibrissae that are dark in color.

The species was discovered in northwestern Madagascar, in the Ankarana Special Reserve, after completing a survey of the area. It was named as a separate species at the same time as the Madame Berthe's Mouse Lemur ("Microcebus berthae") and Northern Rufous Mouse Lemur ("Microcebus tavaratra").

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