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Microcebus sambiranensis

Microcebus sambiranensis

TAXONOMIE

Kingdom : 

ANIMALIA

Phylum :

CHORDATA

Class :

MAMMALIA

Order : 

PRIMATES

Family : 

CHEIROGALEIDAE

Genus : 

Microcebus

Scientif Name :

Microcebus sambiranensis

Malagasy Vernacular Name : 

tsidy | tsitsihy | vokimbahy

English Vernacular Name :

Sambirano mouse lemur

French Vernacular Name :

Microcèbe du Sambirano

Germany Vernacular Name :

Sambirano-Mausmaki

MORPHOLOGIE

Length and weight :

Head-body length=11 - 12 cm | Tail length=13.5 - 14.5 | Total length=25-27 cm | Weight=38 - 50 g

Length and weight  source :

Rasoloarison et al., 2000 | Hending 2015 | Rumpler et al.1994

Color (EN) :

The long | dense dorsal hair is bright mix of rufous and cinnamon.Ventrally pelage is chamois-colored | becoming paler toward the flanks with a mixture of light chamois and gray.The poorly defined amber middorsal stripe runs from just behind the shoulders to the tail's end.The crown and the ears are amber.The patch between the eyes starts anteriorly as dull white | changing to cinammn posteriorly and merging to a cinnamon rufous shade between the eyes.The orbital ring is nearly black.The proximal segment of the tail is amber dorsally and ocher ventrally | the last third of the tail is darker | brownish dorsally and chamois-gray ventrally.The fur on the hands and feet is a dull rufous shade mixed with whithish beige

Color (FR) :

Le manteau dorsal est d'un roux cannelle vif avec une raie ambre peu pronocée au milieu qui s'étend de dernière les épaules à l'extrémité de la queue | le manteau ventral est blanc beige pâle | on observe une légère tache entre les yeux qui sont cerclés d'un anneau orbital sombre | couronne et les oreilles sont de couleur ambrée

Color source : 

Rasoloarison et al.2000

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