Microcebus gerpi

Radespiel, J. H. Ratsimbazafy, Rasoloharijaona, Raveloson, Andriaholinirina, R. Rakotondravony, Randrianarison, & Randrianambinina, 2012

Gerp's 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

Radespiel, U., Ratsimbazafy, J.H., Rasoloharijaona, S., Raveloson, H., Andriaholinirina, N.V., Rakotondravony, R., Randrianarison, R.M. and Randrianambinina, B. 2012-04. First indications of a highland specialist among mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) and evidence for a new mouse lemur species from eastern Madagascar. Primates 53(2):157-170.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-011-0290-2

Original name as described

Microcebus gerpi

Type material

002y09fina

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Madagascar, Province of Toamasina, Forest of Sahafina (18° 47' 28.7" S, 48° 58' 56.2" E), in a savoka at about 95 m above sea level, in the rural community of Anivorano-East.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Radespiel, U., Ratsimbazafy, J.H., Rasoloharijaona, S., Raveloson, H., Andriaholinirina, N., Rakotondravony, R., Randrianarison, R.M. and Randrianambinina, B. 2012. First indications of a highland specialist among mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) and evidence for a new mouse lemur species from eastern Madagascar . Primates 53(2): 157-170.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000946

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Names and synonyms

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Microcebus gerpi

Radespiel, J. H. Ratsimbazafy, Rasoloharijaona, Raveloson, Andriaholinirina, R. Rakotondravony, Randrianarison, & Randrianambinina, 2012

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

gerpi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

002y09fina

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

168

Authority publication

Primates

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16971461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16971461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000946) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16971461/16971464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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