The brown mouse lemur is a small primate, and like the other mouse lemurs can only be found on the island of Madagascar. They are known also as the rufous mouse lemur, eastern rufous mouse lemur, red mouse lemur, or russet mouse lemur. Its dorsal side is brown or reddish-brown, while ventrally it is a whitish-grey.
It was originally considered a subspecies of the gray mouse lemur until 1977, when it was reclassified as a separate species.
The mouse lemurs are among the shortest-lived.. more
Similar species: Primates
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Uploaded Dec 2, 2015. Captured Oct 15, 2012 08:21 in 5A, Daraina, Madagascar.
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Using the Conservation International nocturnal lemur species card, only these three mouse lemurs are known to occur roughly in the location you found this one:
- Rufous mouse lemur
- Anjiahely mouse lemur (Makira NP only)
- Margot marsh's mouse lemur (Antafondro Classified Forest Special Reserve)
However, doing a deeper dive, Anjiahely mouse lemur is reported to occur only in Makira NP. Margot marsh's mouse lemur is known to only occur in Antafondro Classified Forest Special Reserve.
Which leaves the Rufous mouse lemur, which in terms of appearance also seems like the closest match. Please do note that this is an educated guess only, there are a lot of conflicting sources regarding distribution, and I'm not an expert.
Posted 9 years ago