Reddish-gray Mouse Lemur
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Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
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| Microcebus griseorufus (Kollman, 1910) |
The Reddish-gray Mouse Lemur (Microcebus griseorufus) also known as the Gray-brown Mouse Lemur, is found in Western Madagascar in the region around Beza Mahafaly Reserve, north to Lamboharana.
Microcebus griseorufus has a pelage color that is alternating light neutral gray, pale neutral gray, and light pale neutral gray dorsally and ventrally light grayish-white on the anterior two-thirds and bicolored light grayish-white and pale neutral gray on the posterior one-third . There is a cinnamon colored dorsal stripe running from the crown of the head or the shoulders to the end of the tail. The head of this species has a pale neutral gray spot above the nose, cinnamon around the eyes, a clay colored crown, and eras that are light neutral gray. The dorsal side of the tail is cinnamon colored while the ventral side is grayish-beige on the most distal two-thirds and cinnamon with faint brownish black streaks on the proximal one-third. The hands and feet are colored grayish-white and the vibrissae are dark in color. This species has a relatively robust skull.
[edit] References
- ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 112. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
