MacArthur's mouse lemur

MacArthur's mouse lemur
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Family:	Cheirogaleidae
Genus:	Microcebus
Species:	M. macarthurii
Binomial name
Microcebus macarthurii Radespiel et al., 2008 [3]
Distribution of M. macarthurii [1]

MacArthur's mouse lemur (Microcebus macarthurii), or the Anjiahely mouse lemur, is a species of mouse lemur known only from Makira Natural Park in northeastern Madagascar. ^[4]

The species is named in honor of the founder of the MacArthur Foundation, which financed the studies that included the discovery of this species. ^[4]

References

1. Blanco, M.; Dolch, R.; Ganzhorn, J.; Greene, L.K.; Le Pors, B.; Lewis, R.; Radespiel, U.; Rafalinirina, H.A.; Raharivololona, B.; Rakotoarisoa, G.; Ralison, J.; Randriahaingo, H.N.T.; Rasoloarison, R.M.; Razafindrasolo, M.; Sgarlata, G.M.; Wright, P.; Zaonarivelo, J. (2020). "Microcebus macarthurii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T16971425A115587527. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T16971425A115587527.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. "Checklist of CITES Species". CITES. UNEP-WCMC. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
3. Mittermeier, R.; Ganzhorn, J.; Konstant, W.; Glander, K.; Tattersall, I.; Groves, C.; Rylands, A.; Hapke, A.; Ratsimbazafy, J.; Mayor, M.; Louis, E.; Rumpler, Y.; Schwitzer, C. & Rasoloarison, R. (December 2008). "Lemur Diversity in Madagascar". International Journal of Primatology. 29 (6): 1607–1656. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.888.2333 . doi:10.1007/s10764-008-9317-y. hdl:10161/6237. S2CID   17614597.
4. Radespiel, Ute; et al. (2008). "Exceptional diversity of mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) in the Makira region with the description of one new species". American Journal of Primatology. 70 (11): 1033–46. doi:10.1002/ajp.20592. PMID   18626970. S2CID   205328907.