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Microcebus (mouse lemur)
Taxonomy
Microcebus was named by Geoffroy (1827). It is extant. Its type is Lemur murinus.
It was assigned to Cheirogaleinae by Schwarz (1931); and to Cheirogaleidae by Karanth et al. (2005), Wilson and Reeder (2005), Burney et al. (2008) and Rasoloarison et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Cheirogaleinae by Schwarz (1931); and to Cheirogaleidae by Karanth et al. (2005), Wilson and Reeder (2005), Burney et al. (2008) and Rasoloarison et al. (2013).
Species
M. arnholdi, M. berthae, M. bongolavensis, M. boraha, M. danfossi, M. ganzhorni, M. gerpi, M. griseorufus, M. jollyae, M. lehilahytsara, M. lokobensis, M. macarthurii, M. mamiratra, M. manitatra, M. margotmarshae, M. marohita, M. minor, M. mittermeieri, M. murinus (syn. Galago madagascariensis, Prosimia minima, Lemur prehensilis, Myscebus palmarum, Cheirogaleus minor, Lemur pusillus), M. myoxinus, M. ravelobensis, M. rufus, M. sambiranensis, M. simmonsi, M. tanosi, M. tavaratra
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1827 | Microcebus Geoffroy |
| 1835 | Scartes Swainson p. 352 |
| 1840 | Gliscebus Lesson p. 207 |
| 1840 | Myscebus Lesson p. 207 |
| 1841 | Myocebus Wagner p. 19 |
| 1870 | Azema Gray p. 132 |
| 1870 | Murilemur Gray p. 133 |
| 1931 | Microcebus Schwarz p. 400 |
| 2005 | Microcebus Karanth et al. p. 5094 |
| 2005 | Microcebus Wilson and Reeder |
| 2008 | Microcebus Burney et al. p. 19 |
| 2013 | Microcebus Rasoloarison et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Microcebus Geoffroy 1827 [mouse lemur]
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Microcebus arnholdi Louis et al. 2008
Microcebus berthae Rasolooarison et al. 2000
Microcebus bongolavensis Olivieri et al. 2007
Microcebus boraha Hotaling et al. 2016
Microcebus danfossi Olivieri et al. 2007
Microcebus ganzhorni Hotaling et al. 2016
Microcebus gerpi Radespiel et al. 2012
Microcebus griseorufus Kollman 1910
Microcebus jollyae Louis et al. 2006
Microcebus lehilahytsara Roos and Kappeler 2005
Microcebus lokobensis Olivieri et al. 2007
Microcebus macarthurii Radespiel et al. 2008
Microcebus mamiratra Andriantompohavana et al. 2006
Microcebus manitatra Hotaling et al. 2016
Microcebus margotmarshae Louis et al. 2008
Microcebus marohita Rasoloarison et al. 2013
Microcebus minor Geoffroy 1812
Microcebus mittermeieri Louis et al. 2006
Microcebus murinus Miller 1777 [gray mouse lemur]
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Invalid names: Cheirogaleus minor Geoffroy 1812 [synonym], Galago madagascariensis Geoffroy 1812 [synonym], Lemur prehensilis Kerr 1792 [synonym], Lemur pusillus Geoffroy 1795 [synonym], Myscebus palmarum Lesson 1840 [synonym], Prosimia minima Boddaert 1784 [synonym]
Microcebus myoxinus Peters 1852
Microcebus ravelobensis Zimmerman et al. 1998
Microcebus rufus Wagner 1840 [brown mouse lemur]
Microcebus sambiranensis Rasolooarison et al. 2000
Microcebus simmonsi Louis et al. 2006
Microcebus tanosi Rasoloarison et al. 2013
Microcebus tavaratra Rasolooarison et al. 2000
Invalid names: Azema Gray 1870 [synonym], Gliscebus Lesson 1840 [synonym], Murilemur Gray 1870 [synonym], Myocebus Wagner 1841 [synonym], Myscebus Lesson 1840 [synonym], Scartes Swainson 1835 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available