Microcebus tanosi

Rasoloarison, Weisrock, Yoder, D. Rakotondravony, & Kappeler, 2013

Anosy 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

Rasoloarison, R.M., Weisrock, D.W., Yoder, A.D., Rakotondravony, D. and Kappeler, P.M. 2013-06. Two New Species of Mouse Lemurs (Cheirogaleidae: Microcebus) from Eastern Madagascar. International Journal of Primatology 34(3):455-469.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-013-9672-1

Original name as described

Microcebus tanosi

Type material

UAnt RMR 209

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Forêt de Manantantely (24.98° S, 46.92° E), Tôlanaro District, Anosy, Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Rasoloarison, R.,Weisrock, D., Yoder, A., Rakotondravony, D., & Kappeler, P. 2013. Two New Species of Mouse Lemurs (Cheirogaleidae: Microcebus) from Eastern Madagascar. International Journal of Primatology 34(3): 455-469.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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