The Marohita mouse lemur is known only from the Marohita Forest in eastern Madagascar, near the village of Marolambo. The first specimens were collected in December 2003 and its discovery was announced in 2013 together with the Anosy mouse lemur. It is a large mouse lemur weighing up to 89 grams, with a rufous back, a grayish-beige underside and a mid-dorsal stripe that is hard to see, and it lives alongside Goodman's, Simmons' and the brown mouse lemur, all nearly identical in appearance. Its name means many views in Malagasy. Nothing is known of its behaviour, and its only known forest habitat degraded severely between 2003 and 2012. The Mammal Diversity Database lists it as a synonym of Jolly's mouse lemur.
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Conservation Status Body Size Band Activity Pattern Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Wikipedia: Cheirogaleidae
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Source Wikipedia: CheirogaleidaeLead, rangetier 2Quote, Lead, range
Like all other lemurs, cheirogaleids live exclusively on the island of Madagascar.
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1. Wikipedia: Cheirogaleidae
WikipediaCharacteristics, arboreal habit
Dwarf and mouse lemurs are nocturnal and arboreal.
Lead, range
Like all other lemurs, cheirogaleids live exclusively on the island of Madagascar.
In Group: Primate Species, Lead
The Cheirogaleidae are the family of strepsirrhine primates containing the various dwarf and mouse lemurs.
Child Taxon Of: Cheirogaleidae, Classification
Marohita mouse lemur, Microcebus marohita
View the Source 2. Marohita mouse lemur (Wikipedia)
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The Marohita mouse lemur (Microcebus marohita) is a species of mouse lemur known only from the Marohita Forest in eastern Madagascar, near the village of Marolambo.
Conservation status
This was updated to Critically Endangered in 2014.
Description, weight
weighing up to 89 g (3.1 oz)
View the Source3. Animal Diversity Web: Cheirogaleus medius (Animal Diversity Web account)
Animal Diversity WebConservation StatusQuote, Conservation Status
They are considered endangered by the U.S. Endangered Species Act and on Appendix I of CITES by virtue of being in the family Cheirogaleidae .
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