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Microcebus ravelobensis (Golden-brown Mouse Lemur)

Wikipedia Abstract

The golden-brown mouse lemur (Microcebus ravelobensis), also known as the Lac Ravelobe mouse lemur or the Ravelobe mouse lemur, is part of the family, Cheirogaleidae. These are the smallest species of lemur and are all arboreal, nocturnal, and typically social. All species of Lemur are native to the island of Madagascar. The golden-brown mouse lemur, Microcebus ravelobensis, was first discovered in 1994.
View Wikipedia Record: Microcebus ravelobensis

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Microcebus ravelobensis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  59 grams
Forages - Arboreal [2]  100 %
Nocturnal [2]  Yes

Prey / Diet

Albizia gummifera (Red Nongo)[3]
Baudouinia fluggeiformis[3]
Senegalia schweinfurthii[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
3Feeding Ecology of Sympatric Mouse Lemur Species in Northwestern Madagascar, Ute Radespiel, Wiebke Reimann, Malalatiana Rahelinirina, and Elke Zimmermann, International Journal of Primatology, Vol. 27, No. 1, February 2006, pp. 311-321
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0