Microcebus bongolavensis

Olivieri, E. Zimmermann, Randrianambinina, Rasoloharijaona, D. Rakotondravony, Guschanski, & Radespiel, 2007

Bongolava Mouse Lemur

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Olivieri, G., Zimmermann, E., Randrianambinina, B., Rasoloharijaona, S., Rakotondravony, D., Guschanski, K. and Radespiel, U. 2007-04. The ever-increasing diversity in mouse lemurs: Three new species in north and northwestern Madagascar. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43(1):309-327.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2006.10.026

Original name as described

Microcebus bongolavensis

Type material

051y04bibo

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Madagascar, province of Mahajanga, a forest fragment (c.15° 30' S, 47° 28' E) belonging to the village of Ambodimahabibo, near Port-Bergé.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Olivieri, G., Zimmermann, E., Randrianambinina, B., Rasoloharijaona, S., Rakotondravony, D., Guschanski, K. and Radespiel, U. 2007. The ever-increasing diversity in mouse lemurs: Three new species in north and northwestern Madagascar. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43: 309-327.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000942

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.

Microcebus bongolavensis

Olivieri, E. Zimmermann, Randrianambinina, Rasoloharijaona, D. Rakotondravony, Guschanski, & Radespiel, 2007

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

bongolavensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

051y04bibo

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

321

Authority publication

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000942) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136537/115583451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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