Microcebus jonahi
Schüßler, Blanco, Salmona, Poelstra, Andriambeloson, A. Miller, Randrianambinina, Rasolofoson, Mantilla-Contreras, Chikhi, E. E. Louis, Yoder, & Radespiel, 2020
Jonah'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
Authority citation
Schüßler, D., Blanco, M.B., Salmona, J., Poelstra, J., Andriambeloson, J.B., Miller, A., Randrianambinina, B., Rasolofoson, D.W., Mantilla-Contreras, J., Chikhi, L., Louis, E.E., Yoder, A.D. and Radespiel, U. 2020-09. Ecology and morphology of mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) in a hotspot of microendemism in northeastern Madagascar, with the description of a new species. American Journal of Primatology 82(9):e23180.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23180Original name as described
Microcebus jonahi
Type material
TiHo B34
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
forest near the rural village of Ambavala (S 16° 12.307', E 49° 35.371'), in a community protected forest at about 342 m a.s.l. approx. 20 km W of Mananara North, Province of Analanjirofo, Madagascar.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Schüßler, D., Blanco, M. B., Salmona, J., Poelstra, J., Andriambeloson, J. B., Miller, A., ... & Louis Jr, E. E. (2020). Ecology and morphology of mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) in a hotspot of microendemism in northeastern Madagascar, with the description of a new species. American Journal of Primatology, 82(9), e23180.
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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