Microcebus rufus

Lesson, 1836

Rufous Mouse Lemur

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

Lesson, R.P. 1836. Complement des oeuvres de Buffon, ou histoire naturelle des animaux rares découverts par les naturalistes et les voyageurs depuis la mort de Buffon. Tome V. Suite des mammifères. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mammifères et des oiseaux découverts depuis le mort de Buffon. Mammifères. Pourrat Frères, Paris, 512 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814828

Original name as described

Microcebus rufus

Other common names

Brown Mouse Lemur · Eastern Rufous Mouse Lemur

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2007-1543 (= MNHN:type:138) (= MNHN "78")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1543

Type locality

Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000960

Country distribution map

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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: 11 names and synonyms.

Microcèbe roux

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1828)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

roux

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notintendedasascientific_name

Authority page

26

Authority publication

Paris

Microcebus rufus

Lesson, 1836

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2007-1543 (= MNHN:type:138) (= MNHN "78")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1543

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814828

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Groves (1993:243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
  5. Groves (2005:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  6. Mittermeier, Ganzhorn, Konstant, Glander, Tattersall, Groves, Rylands, Hapke, Ratsimbazafy, Mayor, Louis, Rumpler, Schwitzer & Rasoloarison (2008:1610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4966)
  7. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #59544947) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #59544947) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000960) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. 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 (2024:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67805)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59544947/115588845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Gliscebus rufus

(Lesson, 1840)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

217

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358408

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cheirogaleus Smithii

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

smithii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1837.9.26.78

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/273f4a44-0324-4e55-8ab8-50e0a0361e84 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c11bb612-e130-43d4-9964-1a8fe96b5c0f

Authority page

257

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324281

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gray (1863:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41287)
  2. Murray (1866:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Gray (1871:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  4. Groves (2005:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Glicebus rufus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Microcebus smithii

Mivart, 1865

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

smithii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

641

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500984

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Mivart (1865:641, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36803)

Azema Smithii

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

smithii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

132

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994649

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1871:132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)

Chirogaleus rufus

(W. H. Flower & Lydekker, 1891)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

690

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965905

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Flower & Lydekker (1891:690, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)

Chirogaleus smithi

(W. H. Flower & Lydekker, 1891)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

smithi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

690

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965905

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Flower & Lydekker (1891:690, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)

Lemur fulvus rufus

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422820

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Schwarz (1931:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14220)

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