MacArthur's mouse lemur[1] | |
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Conservation status | |
NE
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Family: | Cheirogaleidae |
Genus: | Microcebus |
Species: | M. macarthurii |
Binomial name | |
Microcebus macarthurii Radespiel et al., 2008 |
MacArthur's mouse lemur (Microcebus macarthurii), or Anjiahely mouse lemur, is a species of mouse lemur known only from an Inter-River-System in the eastern Makira Natural Park in Madagascar.[2]
The species is named in honor of the founder of the MacArthur Foundation, which financed the studies that included the discovery of this species.[2]
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