Microcebus griseorufus

Kollmann, 1910

Gray-brown Mouse Lemur

Also as Red-and-gray Mouse Lemur, Reddish-gray Mouse Lemur, Rufous-gray Mouse Lemur.
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Location:Madagascar, Atsimo Andrefana region (formerly part of Toliara province), Ankazoabo district, Berenty ReserveDate taken:27 June 2009Description:Also as Red-and-gray Mouse Lemur, Reddish-gray Mouse Lemur, Rufous-gray Mouse Lemur.

Distribution :

Madagascar: region around RS Beza Mahafaly, north at least to Lamboharana.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2862

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Infraorder: Lemuriformes
Family: Cheirogaleidae
Genus: Microcebus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kollmann, M. 1910. Note sur les genres Chirogale et Microcebus. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (1)16(6):301-304.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5025836

Original name as described

Microcebus minor griseorufus

Other common names

Red-and-gray Mouse Lemur · Reddish-gray Mouse Lemur · Rufous-gray Mouse Lemur

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:161642

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2660410

Type locality

Madagascar, province of Toliara, north of RS Beza Mahafaly, Forest of Ihazoara (23° 41' S, 44° 38' E).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000947

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Microcebus minor griseorufus

Kollmann, 1910

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

griseorufus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:161642

Type kind

neotype

Original type locality

Côte sud-est, sud et sud-ouest

Type locality

Madagascar: 23°41′S, 44°38′E.

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2660410

Authority page

304

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5025836

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Microcebus griseorufus:

Groves, 2005

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

griseorufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

112

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Mittermeier, Ganzhorn, Konstant, Glander, Tattersall, Groves, Rylands, Hapke, Ratsimbazafy, Mayor, Louis, Rumpler, Schwitzer & Rasoloarison (2008:1610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4966)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000947) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
van Elst, Sgarlata, Schüßler, Tiley, Poelstra, Scheumann, Blanco, Aleixo-Pais, Rina Evasoa, Ganzhorn, Goodman, Hasiniaina, Hending, Hohenlohe, Ibouroi, Iribar, Jan, Kappeler, Le Pors, Manzi, Olivieri, Rakotonanahary, Rakotondranary, Rakotondravony, Ralison, Ranaivoarisoa, Randrianambinina, Rasoloarison, Rasoloharijaona, Rasolondraibe, Teixeira, Zaonarivelo, Louis, Yoder, Chikhi, Radespiel & Salmona (2024:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67805)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136637/115583923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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