Cheirogaleus grovesi

McLain, Lei Runhua, Frasier, J. M. Taylor, C. A. Bailey, B. A. D. Robertson, S. D. Nash, J. C. Randriamanana, Mittermeier, & E. E. Louis, 2017

Groves's 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

McLain, A.T., Lei, R.-h., Frasier, C.L., Taylor, J.M., Bailey, C.A., Robertson, B.A.D., Nash, S.D., Randriamanana, J.C., Mittermeier, R.A. and Louis, E.E., Jr. 2017. A new Cheirogaleus (Cheirogaleidae: _Cheirogaleus crossleyi_ group) species from southeastern Madagascar. Primate Conservation 31:27-36.

Original name as described

Cheirogaleus grovesi

Other common names

Andringitra Dwarf Lemur · Haute Matsiatra Dwarf Lemur

Type material

TTU-M 118807

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Andringitra National Park (S 22.222694°, E 47.018889°), 763 m, Haute Matsiatra Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

McLain, A. T., Lei, R., Frasier, C. L., Tayor, J. M., Bailey, C. A., Robertson, B. A. D., Nash, S. D., Randriamanana, J. C., Mittermeier, R. A., & Louis Jr., E. E. (2017). A New Cheirogaleus (Cheirogaleidae: Cheirogaleus crossleyi Group) Species from Southeastern Madagascar. Primate Conservation, 31, 27-36.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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