Microcebus mittermeieri

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	PRIMATES	CHEIROGALEIDAE

Scientific Name:

Microcebus mittermeieri

Species Authority:

Louis Jr., Coles, Andriantompohavana, Sommer, Engberg, Zaonarivelo, Mayor & Brenneman, 2006

Common Name/s:

English

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Mittermeier's Mouse Lemur

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2008
Assessor/s:	Hoffmann, M.
Reviewer/s:	Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)
Justification: Listed as Data Deficient as this species is only recently described, and further information is required to determine the taxonomic validity of this species, its limits of distribution, and its population status.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Microcebus mittermeieri occurs in and around the Anjanaharibé-Sud Special Reserve in north-eastern Madagascar. The type locality is at 1,056 m asl.
Countries:	Native: Madagascar
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Population [top]

Population:	Unknown. Only discovered in 2003.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	An inhabitant of the eastern rainforests.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Unknown. The only locality from which it is currently known is a protected area.

Major Threat(s):

Unknown. The only locality from which it is currently known is a protected area.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Listed on CITES Appendix I. The only protected area in which it is known to occur is the Anjanaharibé-Sud Special Reserve. As of 2007 this species was represented in only a single zoological collection (Tsimbazaza, Madagascar) (Mittermeier et al. 2008).

Conservation Actions:

Listed on CITES Appendix I. The only protected area in which it is known to occur is the Anjanaharibé-Sud Special Reserve. As of 2007 this species was represented in only a single zoological collection (Tsimbazaza, Madagascar) (Mittermeier et al. 2008).

Citation:	Hoffmann, M. 2008. Microcebus mittermeieri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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