Microcebus lehilahytsara

Roos & Kappeler in Kappeler, Rasoloarison, Razafimanantsoa, L. Walter, & Roos, 2005

Goodman'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

Kappeler, P.M., Rasoloarison, R.M., Razafimanantsoa, L., Walter, L. and Roos, C. 2005. Morphology, behaviour and molecular evolution of giant mouse lemurs (Mirza spp.) Gray, 1870, with description of a new species. Primate Report 71:3-26.

Original name as described

Microcebus lehilahytsara

Other common names

Mittermeier's Mouse Lemur

Type material

GBP 1033 through GBP 1042

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Madagascar, province Toamasina, Andasibe (18° 55' S, 48° 25' E).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

recently described; includes the recently described mittermeieri

Taxonomy notes citation

Kappeler, P. M., Raoloaraison, R. M., Razafimanantsoa, L., Walter, L. and Roos, C. 2005. Morphology, behaviour and molecular evolution of giant mouse lemurs (Mirza spp.) Gray, 1870, with description of a new species. Primate Report 71: 3–26. · Louis, E., Coles, M., Andriantompohavana, R., Sommer, J., Engberg, S., Zaonarivelo, J., Mayor, M. and Brenneman, R. 2006. Revision of the mouse lemurs (Microcebus) of eastern Madagascar. International Journal of Primatology 27(2): 347 – 389. · 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

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000950

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 lehilahytsara

Roos & Kappeler in Kappeler, Rasoloarison, Razafimanantsoa, L. Walter, & Roos, 2005

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

lehilahytsara

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

GBP 1033 through GBP 1042

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

20

Authority publication

Primate Report

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000950) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/210364856/210364962) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microcebus mittermeieri

E. E. Louis, Coles, Andriantompohavana, Sommer, Engberg, Zaonarivelo, Mayor, & Brenneman, 2006

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

mittermeieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

PBZT HDZ 115

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

381

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

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