Microcebus jollyae

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	PRIMATES	CHEIROGALEIDAE

Scientific Name:

Microcebus jollyae

Species Authority:

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

Common Name/s:

English

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Jolly's Mouse Lemur

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2008
Assessor/s	Hoffmann, M.
Evaluator/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 jollyae is found in south-eastern Madagascar, its range extending from just south of the Mananara River north to the north bank of the Mananjary River. According to Louis et al. (2006), populations of this species are reported to occur in the forests of Mananjary and Kianjavato. The type locality is at 71 m asl.
Countries:	Native: Madagascar
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

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

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	An inhabitant of the south-eastern rainforest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Unknown.

Major Threat(s):

Unknown.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Listed on CITES Appendix I. Present in the Manombo Special Reserve (Louis et al. 2006). As of 2007 this species was represented in only a single zoological collection (Tsimbazaza, Madagascar).

Conservation Actions:

Listed on CITES Appendix I. Present in the Manombo Special Reserve (Louis et al. 2006). As of 2007 this species was represented in only a single zoological collection (Tsimbazaza, Madagascar).

Citation:	Hoffmann, M. 2008. Microcebus jollyae. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2009.
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