Microcebus myoxinus

W. C. H. Peters, 1851

Peters'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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1851. Hr. Peters legte von seinem Werke über Mossambique die erste Abtheilung der Säugethiere vor, und gab die Diagnosen der darin beschriebenen und abgebildeten neuen Arten. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1851:756-759.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11056771

Original name as described

Microcebus myoxinus

Other common names

Pygmy Mouse Lemur

Type material

ZMB 319, ZMB 14655

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Madagascar, St. Augustine's Bay.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000958

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 myoxinus

W. C. H. Peters, 1851

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

myoxinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 319, ZMB 14655

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

757

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11056771

Authority publication

Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13325/16113437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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