Cheirogaleus andysabini

Lei Runhua, McLain, Frasier, J. M. Taylor, C. A. Bailey, Engberg, Ginter, S. D. Nash, Randriamampionona, Groves, Mittermeier, & E. E. Louis, 2015

Montagne d'Ambre Dwarf Lemur

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Lei, R.-h., McLain, A.T., Frasier, C.L., Taylor, J.M., Bailey, C.A., Engberg, S.E., Ginter, A.L., Nash, S.D., Randriamampionona, R., Groves, C.P., Mittermeier, R.A. and Louis, E.E., Jr. 2015-12. A new species in the genus Cheirogaleus (Cheirogaleidae). Primate Conservation 29:43-54.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1896/052.029.0103

Original name as described

Cheirogaleus andysabini

Other common names

Andy Sabin's Dwarf Lemur

Type material

HDZ AMB5.27

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Montagne d'Ambre National Park (12.52720° S, 49.17950° E), 1073 m, Antsiranana II District, Diana, Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Lei, R., McLain, A. T., Frasier, C. L., Taylor, J. M., Bailey, C. A., Engberg, S. E., ... & Mittermeier, R. A. (2015). A new species in the genus Cheirogaleus (Cheirogaleidae). Primate Conservation, 29, 43-54.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000931

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Names and synonyms

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Cheirogaleus andysabini

Lei Runhua, McLain, Frasier, J. M. Taylor, C. A. Bailey, Engberg, Ginter, S. D. Nash, Randriamampionona, Groves, Mittermeier, & E. E. Louis, 2015

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

andysabini

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HDZ AMB5.27

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

51

Authority publication

Primate Conservation

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163021607/163021799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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