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Microcebus rufus
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Microcebus rufus (E. Geoffroy 1828)
[Microcebus] rufus (E. Geoffroy 1828), Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm., lecon 11, 1828: 24.
Type Locality: Madagascar.
Vernacular Names: Eastern Rufous Mouse Lemur.
Synonyms: Microcebus smithii Gray 1842.
Distribution: E and N Madagascar.
Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Separated from murinus by Petter et al. (1977:30).
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, pp. 111-184 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 113, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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Related works
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/B0294F6FEAA127D846D57464E1129452 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/60670A3B007657A61E72435F931E2546 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231542530 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- E. Geoffroy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Cheirogaleidae
- Genus
- Microcebus
- Species
- rufus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Microcebus rufus (Geoffroy, 1828) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Gray, J. E. 1842. Description of two new species of Mammalia discovered in Australia by Captain George Gray (Tarsipes Spenserae and Chaeropus castanotis). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, [ser. 1], 9: 39 - 42.
- Petter, J. - J., R. Albignac, and Y. Rumpler. 1977. Faune de Madagascar. 44. Mammiferes lemuriens. O. R. S. T. O. M., Paris, 513 pp.