Mirza zaza
Kappeler & Roos in Kappeler, Rasoloarison, Razafimanantsoa, L. Walter, & Roos, 2005
Northern Giant Mouse Lemur
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Primates |
| Suborder | : Strepsirrhini |
| Infraorder | : Lemuriformes |
| Superfamily | : Cheirogaleoidea |
| Family | : Cheirogaleidae |
| Genus | : Mirza |
Species status
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
Mirza zaza
Type material
RMNH.MAM.39377.a, RMNH.MAM.39377.b
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39377.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39377.bType locality
Madagascar, province of Ansiranana, Bay of Passandava, Congoni (13° 40' S, 48° 15' E).
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
Taxonomy notes
recently described
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.
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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