Microcebus murinus

(J. F. Miller, 1777)

Gray 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, J.F. 1777. [Part III]. Pp. pl. 13–pl. 18 in Miller, J.F. 1776-1785. Icones Animalium. None, London, pl. 1-54 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49649856

Original name as described

Lemur murinus

Other common names

Lesser Mouse Lemur · Bemnasy Mouse Lemur · Southeastern Mouse Lemur · Ganzhorn's Mouse Lemur

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:161618

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2660386

Type locality

Madagascar, province of Toliara, S Andranomena, 20 km NNE of Morondava (20° 09' S, 44° 33' E).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

includes the recently described ganzhorni and manitatra

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. · Van Elst, T., Sgarlata, G. M., Schüßler, D., Tiley, G. P., Poelstra, J. W., Scheumann, M., ... & Salmona, J. (2024). Integrative taxonomy clarifies the evolution of a cryptic primate clade. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1-16.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000957

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Lemur murinus

(J. F. Miller, 1777)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:161618

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2660386

Authority page

pl. 13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49649856

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Miller (1777:pl. 13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49649856) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67540)
  2. Gmelin (1788:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  3. Kerr (1792:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  4. Shaw (1800:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
  5. Daudin (1802:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  6. Turton (1802:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  7. Griffith (1821:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68343)
  8. Fischer (1829:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  9. Blainville (1839:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991016) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37120)

Prosimia Minima

(Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

minimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230030

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

  1. Boddaert (1785:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  2. Groves (2005:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Lemur prehensilis

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

prehensilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664106

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Turton (1802:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  3. Groves (2005:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Lemur pusillus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1795)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5492111

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1791-1805)

Name usages

  1. Audebert (1800:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68278)
  2. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  3. Fischer (1803:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47061723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69311)
  4. Fischer (1804:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35209)
  5. Goldfuss (1809:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  6. Groves (2005:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Galago Madagascariensis

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

madagascariensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

166

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499364

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1821:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  2. Lesson (1827:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Gray (1863:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681469) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41287)
  4. Murray (1866:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Cheirogaleus minor

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

172

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499372

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Groves (2005:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Maki pusillus

(Muirhead, 1819)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

405

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Muirhead (1819:405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

Otolicnus Madagascariensis

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

madagascariensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528904

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1821:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  2. Schinz (1825:287, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523704) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  3. Smith (1842:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  4. Elliot (1913:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Chirogaleus minor

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528907

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1821:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528907) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  2. Fischer (1829:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Microcebus pusillus

E. Blyth, 1840

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918224

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Blyth (1840:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)

Myscebus palmarum

(Lesson, 1840)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

palmarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

214

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358405

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Groves (2005:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Microcebus murinus

C. H. Smith, 1842

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

110

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Elliot (1913:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  3. Schwarz (1931:401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14220)
  4. Tattersall (1973:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5036)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:216, 217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  8. Groves (1993:243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
  9. Groves (2005:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  10. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  11. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  15. van Elst, Sgarlata, Schüßler, Tiley, Poelstra, Scheumann, Blanco, Aleixo-Pais, Rina Evasoa, Ganzhorn, Goodman, Hasiniaina, Hending, Hohenlohe, Ibouroi, Iribar, Jan, Kappeler, Le Pors, Manzi, Olivieri, Rakotonanahary, Rakotondranary, Rakotondravony, Ralison, Ranaivoarisoa, Randrianambinina, Rasoloarison, Rasoloharijaona, Rasolondraibe, Teixeira, Zaonarivelo, Louis, Yoder, Chikhi, Radespiel & Salmona (2024:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67805)
  16. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163314248/182239898) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Galago minor

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1837.9.26.79

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b1fbbf65-450c-4ccd-8ec1-2533f308f0d7 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d8f5db23-1f9a-4d32-aaac-7698893c02e5

Authority page

257

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324281

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Glicebus murinus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Otolicnus minor

(J. A. Wagner, 1853)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31544266

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Wagner (1853:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31544266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38201)

Lepilemur murinus

(J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681463

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1863:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41287)
  2. Murray (1866:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Gray (1871:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994604) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)

Chirogalus gliroides

(A. Grandidier, 1868)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

gliroides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1868-1442 (= MNHN type 172)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1868-1442

Authority page

378

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29123939

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Name usages

  1. Grandidier (1868:378, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29123939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67293)
  2. Milne-Edwards (1871:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69142)
  3. Groves (2005:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Chirogalus gliroïdes

(A. Grandidier in H. Milne-Edwards, 1868)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

gliroides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

1167

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3667285

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

Milne-Edwards (1868:1167, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3667285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67290)

Murilemur murinus

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

132, 135

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994649 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994652

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1871:132, 135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994649, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  2. Gray (1871:135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994649, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)

Cheirogaleus pusillus

(Schlegel, 1876)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

325

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895390

Authority publication

Muséum d'histoire naturelle des Pays-Bas

Name usages

Schlegel (1876:325, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)

Microcebus murinus murinus

E. Schwarz, 1931

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

401

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Schwarz (1931:401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14220)

madagascarensis

Groves, 2005

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

madagascarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Authority page

113

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Microcebus ganzhorni

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

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

ganzhorni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

DPC #100

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2044

Authority publication

Molecular Ecology

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000945) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. van Elst, Sgarlata, Schüßler, Tiley, Poelstra, Scheumann, Blanco, Aleixo-Pais, Rina Evasoa, Ganzhorn, Goodman, Hasiniaina, Hending, Hohenlohe, Ibouroi, Iribar, Jan, Kappeler, Le Pors, Manzi, Olivieri, Rakotonanahary, Rakotondranary, Rakotondravony, Ralison, Ranaivoarisoa, Randrianambinina, Rasoloarison, Rasoloharijaona, Rasolondraibe, Teixeira, Zaonarivelo, Louis, Yoder, Chikhi, Radespiel & Salmona (2024:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67805)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163313085/163313088) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microcebus manitatra

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

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

manitatra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UAnt RMR 218

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2043

Authority publication

Molecular Ecology

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. van Elst, Sgarlata, Schüßler, Tiley, Poelstra, Scheumann, Blanco, Aleixo-Pais, Rina Evasoa, Ganzhorn, Goodman, Hasiniaina, Hending, Hohenlohe, Ibouroi, Iribar, Jan, Kappeler, Le Pors, Manzi, Olivieri, Rakotonanahary, Rakotondranary, Rakotondravony, Ralison, Ranaivoarisoa, Randrianambinina, Rasoloarison, Rasoloharijaona, Rasolondraibe, Teixeira, Zaonarivelo, Louis, Yoder, Chikhi, Radespiel & Salmona (2024:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67805)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163313848/163313878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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