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Microcebus murinus (gray mouse lemur)

Mammalia - Primates - Cheirogaleidae

Taxonomy
Lemur murinus was named by Miller (1777). It is extant. It is the type species of Microcebus.

It was recombined as Microcebus murinus by Schwarz (1931).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Lemur murinus Miller
1784Prosimia minima Boddaert p. 66
1792Lemur prehensilis Kerr p. 88
1795Lemur pusillus Geoffroy p. 90
1812Galago madagascariensis Geoffroy p. 166
1812Cheirogaleus minor Geoffroy p. 171
1840Myscebus palmarum Lesson p. 214
1931Microcebus murinus Schwarz p. 401

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderLemuriformesGregory 1915
superfamilyLemuroidea(Mivart 1864)
familyCheirogaleidaeGray 1873
genusMicrocebusGeoffroy 1827
speciesmurinus(Miller 1777)

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.

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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:49:45
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available