Microcebus simmonsi

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 simmonsi

Species Authority:

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

Common Name/s:

English

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Simmons' Mouse Lemur

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Hoffmann, M.
Reviewer/s:	Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)
Contributor/s:
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:	Known only from the regions of Betampona and Zahamena in north-eastern Madagascar; the type locality is at 965 m asl (Louis et al. 2006)
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 rainforest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Unknown. Currently known only from protected areas.

Major Threat(s):

Unknown. Currently known only from protected areas.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Listed on CITES Appendix I. It is currently known only from two strict nature reserves (Betampona and Zahamena) and Zahamena National Park. 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. It is currently known only from two strict nature reserves (Betampona and Zahamena) and Zahamena National Park. As of 2007 this species was represented in only a single zoological collection (Tsimbazaza, Madagascar) (Mittermeier et al. 2008).

Citation:	Hoffmann, M. 2008. Microcebus simmonsi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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