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However, the southern fat-tailed dwarf lemur (C. adipicaudatus) was later deemed synonymous with the fat-tailed dwarf lemur (C. medius), and the greater iron-gray dwarf lemur (C. ravus) was synonymous with the greater dwarf lemur (C. major) [4] Another new woolly lemur was described as the Sambirano woolly lemur (Avahi unicolor). [3]
Anosy mouse lemur (Microcebus tanosi), a mouse lemur, was described by Rodin Rasoloarison, David Weisrock, Anne Yoder, Daniel Rakotondravony, and Peter Kappeler. It is found in eastern Madagascar. [11] Lavasoa dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus lavasoensis), a dwarf lemur, described by Thiele, Razafimahatratra
At least 17 species and eight genera are believed to have become extinct in the 2,000 years since humans first arrived in Madagascar. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] All known extinct species were large, ranging in weight from 10 to 200 kg (22 to 441 lb).
Between 2000 and 2009, a population of dwarf lemur was known as a separate species, the southern fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus adipicaudatus). It was described by taxonomist Colin Groves as having a pelage coloration that is dark dorsally and gray ventrally , with a vaguely expressed dorsal stripe running down the back, a relatively ...
Groves, C.P. 2000. The Genus Cheirogaleus: Unrecognized Biodiversity in Dwarf Lemurs. International Journal of Primatology 21(6):943–962. Cheirogaleus ravus: Primates Groves 2000 Madagascar Groves, C.P. 2000. The Genus Cheirogaleus: Unrecognized Biodiversity in Dwarf Lemurs. International Journal of Primatology 21(6):943–962. Ctenomys ...
Lemurs were first formally classified in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae.. In the first volume of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae (1758), Carl Linnaeus, the founder of modern binomial nomenclature, created the genus Lemur to include three species: Lemur tardigradus (the red slender loris, now known as Loris tardigradus), Lemur catta (the ring-tailed lemur), and Lemur volans (the ...
The “dwarf”-like animal was discovered on a cashew farm, researchers said. Pregnant creature — with ‘painted’ body — found on farm in India. It’s a new species
A lithograph of a dwarf lemur from Carl Vogt and Friedrich Specht's The Natural History of Animals (1888). Measuring 19–27 cm in body length with a tail about 16–17 cm, they are larger than the mouse lemur but smaller than the gentle lemur.