Microcebus boraha

Hotaling, M. E. Foley, N. M. Lawrence, Bocanegra, Blanco, Rasoloarison, Kappeler, Barrett, Yoder, & Weisrock, 2016

Nosy Boraha 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

Hotaling, S., Foley, M.E., Lawrence, N.M., Bocanegra, J., Blanco, M.B., Rasoloarison, R.M., Kappeler, P.M., Barrett, M.A., Yoder, A.D. and Weisrock, D.W. 2016-05. Species discovery and validation in a cryptic radiation of endangered primates: coalescent-based species delimitation in Madagascar's mouse lemurs. Molecular Ecology 25(9):2029-2045.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13604

Original name as described

Microcebus boraha

Type material

UAnt RMR 115

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Ikalalao Forest (16° 55' S, 49° 52' E), c.68 m, Nosy-Boraha District, Analanjirofo, Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Hotaling, S., Foley, M. E., Lawrence, N. M., Bocanegra, J., Blanco, M. B., Rasoloarison, R., ... & Weisrock, D. W. (2016). Species discovery and validation in a cryptic radiation of endangered primates: coalescent‐based species delimitation in M adagascar's mouse lemurs. Molecular ecology, 25(9), 2029-2045.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000943

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

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Microcebus boraha

Hotaling, M. E. Foley, N. M. Lawrence, Bocanegra, Blanco, Rasoloarison, Kappeler, Barrett, Yoder, & Weisrock, 2016

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

boraha

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UAnt RMR 115

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2044

Authority publication

Molecular Ecology

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163314140/182240168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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