Ganzhorn's mouse lemur

Ganzhorn's mouse lemur is a species of lemur described in 2016 from Madagascar. Researchers at the German Primate Center found it among closely related species such as Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, which had been described in 2013, and its close resemblance to them made it impossible at first to recognise it as distinct. Mitochondrial DNA sequencing, in a study with scientists at the University of Kentucky, the Duke Lemur Center and the University of Antananarivo, established the species. It is named for Professor Jörg Ganzhorn of Hamburg University, a pioneer of lemur research and conservation in Madagascar. The Mammal Diversity Database lists it as a synonym of the gray mouse lemur rather than as a separate species.