Cheirogaleus sibreei

Forsyth Major, 1896

Sibree'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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Forsyth Major, C.I. 1896-10-01. Diagnoses of new mammals from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18(106):318-325.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19211268

Original name as described

Chirogale Sibreei

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.160

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/639ef785-b075-49e7-babc-65b913477f40 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ba5eacc0-95ee-4b22-b9ab-01146790151c

Type locality

Madagascar, Ankeramadinika, one day east of Antananarivo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

may include C. minusculus, which is tentatively recognized as distinct here based on the limited morphological data available

Taxonomy notes citation

Groeneveld, L. F., D. W. Weisrock, R. M. Rasoloarison,A. D. Yoder and P. M. Kappeler. 2009. Species delimitation in lemurs: multiple genetic loci reveal low levels ofspecies diversity in the genus Cheirogaleus. BMC Evol. Biol. 9: 30. · Lei, R., Frasier, C.L., McLain, A.T., Taylor, J.M., Bailey, C.A., Shannon E. Engberg, S.E., Azure L. Ginter, A.L., Randriamampionona, R., Groves, C.P., Mittermeier, R.A. and Louis Jr., E.E. 2014. Revision of Madagascar's Dwarf lemurs (Cheirogaleidae: Cheirogaleus): designation of species, candidate species status and geographic boundaries based on molecular and morphological data. Primate Conservation 28: 9-35. · Frasier, C. L., Lei, R., McLain, A. T., Taylor, J. M., Bailey, C. A., Ginter, A. L., ... & Louis Jr, E. E. (2016). A New Species of Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleidae: Cheirogaleus medius Group) from the Ankarana and Andrafiamena-Andavakoera Massifs, Madagascar. Primate Conservation, 30, 59-72.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000938

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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Chirogale Sibreei

Forsyth Major, 1896

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

sibreei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.160

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/639ef785-b075-49e7-babc-65b913477f40 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ba5eacc0-95ee-4b22-b9ab-01146790151c

Authority page

325

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19211268

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Cheirogaleus sibreei

Groves, 2005

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

sibreei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

112

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000938) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41576/115579719) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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