Microcebus jonahi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lemuroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Grandordo: Euarchonta Mirordo: Primatomorpha Ordo: Primates Subordo: Strepsirrhini Infraordo: Lemuriformes Superfamilia: Lemuroidea

Familia: Cheirogaleidae
Genus: Microcebus
Species: Microcebus jonahi

Name

Microcebus jonahi Schüßler, Blanco, Salmona, Poelstra, Andriambeloson, Miller, Randrianambinina, Rasolofoson, Mantilla-Contreras, Chikhi, Louis, Yoder & Radespiel, 2020: 14

• Holotype: B34, adult ♂, captured by Dominik Schüßler on 6 September 6 2017.
• Type locality: “Forest near the rural village of Ambavala (S 16° 12.307′, E 49°35.371′), in a community protected forest at about 342 m a.s.l. ap-prox. 20 km west of Mananara Avaratra (Mananara‐Nord), Provinceof Analanjirofo, Madagascar”.

References

Primary references

• Schüßler, D., Blanco, M.B., Salmona, J., Poelstra, J., Andriambeloson, J.B., Miller, A., Randrianambinina, B., Rasolofoson, D.W., Mantilla-Contreras, J., Chikhi, L., Louis, Jr., E.E., Yoder, A.D. & Radespiel, U. 2020. Ecology and morphology of mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) in a hotspot of microendemism in northeastern Madagascar, with the description of a new species. American Journal of Primatology 82(9): e23180. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23180 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Jonah's Mouse Lemur