Reddish-gray mouse lemur

Reddish-gray mouse lemur
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Cheirogaleidae
Genus: Microcebus
Species:
M. griseorufus
Binomial name
Microcebus griseorufus
Kollmann, 1910[3][4]
Distribution of M. griseorufus[1]

The reddish-gray mouse lemur (Microcebus griseorufus) also known as the gray-brown mouse lemur or rufous-gray mouse lemur, is a small, solitary-but-social, nocturnal and omnivorous primate from the Western Madagascar in the region around Beza Mahafaly Reserve, north to Lamboharana.[5] Like the other lemur species, the reddish-grey mouse lemur is endemic to Madagascar. They generally live in the drier regions of the island. It is categorized as least concerned in the IUCN Red List.

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  2. ^ "Checklist of CITES Species". CITES. UNEP-WCMC. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  3. ^ Kollmann, Max (1910). "Note sur les genres Chirogale et Microcebus". Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 16 (6): 301–304.
  4. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 112. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  5. ^ Rakotondranary, J.; Ratovonamana, Y. R.; Ganzhorn, J. U. (2011). "Distributions et caractéristiques des habitats de Microcebus griseorufus (Cheirogaleidae) dans le Parc National de Tsimanampetsotsa (Sud-ouest de Madagascar)" (PDF). Malagasy Nature. 4: 55–64.