Taxonomy Profile: Microcebus (É Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1834)

Microcebus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Azema
Gray 1870
Gliscebus
Lesson 1840
Murilemur
Gray 1870
Myocebus
Wagner 1841
Myscebus
Lesson 1840
Scartes
Swainson 1835
Common Name(s):
mouse lemurs []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Microcebus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Primates
primates |
homem |
macaco |
primata |
sagui |
primates |
Suborder : Strepsirrhini
Infraorder : Lemuriformes
Superfamily : Cheirogaleoidea
Family : Cheirogaleidae
dwarf lemurs |
mouse lemurs |
Genus : Microcebus
mouse lemurs |
Microcebus Direct Children(s):
Microcebus murinus
(J F Miller 1777)
Microcebus rufus
(Lesson 1840)
Microcebus griseorufus
(Kollman 1910)
Microcebus berthae
(Rasoloarison Goodman and Ganzhorn 2000)
Microcebus myoxinus
(Peters 1852)
Microcebus ravelobensis
(Zimmerman Ehresmann Zeitemann Radespiel Randrianambinina & Rakotoarison 1997)
Microcebus bongolavensis
(Olivieri Zimmermann Randrianambinina Rassoloharijaona Rakotondravony Gsuchanski et al 2006)
Microcebus danfossi
(Olivieri Zimmermann Randrianambinina Rassoloharijaona Rakotondravony Gsuchanski et al 2006)
Microcebus margotmarshae
(Louis Jr Engberg McGuire McCormick Randriamampionona Ranaivoarisoa Bailey et al 2008)
Microcebus sambiranensis
(Rasoloarison Goodman and Ganzhorn 2000)
Microcebus mamiratra
(Andriantompohavana Zaonarivelo Engberg Randriamampionona McGuire Shore et al 2006)
Microcebus tavaratra
(Rasoloarison Goodman and Ganzhorn 2000)
Microcebus arnholdi
(Louis Jr Engberg McGuire McCormick Randriamampionona Ranaivoarisoa Bailey et al 2008)
Microcebus jollyae
(Louis Jr Coles Andriantompohavana Sommer Engberg Zaonarivelo Mayor and Brenneman 2006)
Microcebus gerpi
(Radespiel Ratsimbazafy Rasoloharijaona Raveloson Andriaholinirina Rakotondravony et al 2011)
Microcebus lehilahytsara
(Roos and Kappeler in Kappeler Rasoloarison Razafimanantsoa Walter and Roos 2005)
Microcebus simmonsi
(Louis Jr Coles Andriantompohavana Sommer Engberg Zaonarivelo Mayor and Brenneman 2006)
Microcebus macarthurii
(Radespiel Olivieri Rasolofoson Rakotondratsimba Rakotonirainy Rasoloharijoana et al 2008)
Microcebus mittermeieri
(Louis Jr Coles Andriantompohavana Sommer Engberg Zaonarivelo Mayor and Brenneman 2006)
Microcebus marohita
(Rasoloarison Weisrock Yoder Rakotondravony and Kappeler 2013)
Microcebus tanosi
(Rasoloarison Weisrock Yoder Rakotondravony and Kappeler 2013)
Microcebus boraha
(Hotaling Foley Lawrence Bocanegra Blanco et al 2016)
Microcebus ganzhorni
(Hotaling Foley Lawrence Bocanegra Blanco et al 2016)
Microcebus manitatra
(Hotaling Foley Lawrence Bocanegra Blanco et al 2016)
Microcebus jonahi
(Schüssler Blanco Salmona Poelstra Andriambeloson Miller Randrianambinina et al 2020)
Microcebus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Colin P. Groves
Notes:
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
Reference for:
Microcebus
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Microcebus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Mittermeier, Rusell A., Anthony B. Rylands, and Don E. Wilson, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2013-01-01 / 2013-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates
Page(s):
951
Publisher:
Lynx Edicions
Publication Place:
Barcelona, Spain
ISBN/ISSN:
9788496553897/
Notes:
Reference for:
Microcebus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1
Page(s):
xxxv + 743
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Microcebus
Microcebus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Microcebus: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Revised by Rasoloarison et al. (2000)