Microcebus jonahi
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Microcebus jonahi, or Jonah's mouse lemur, is a tiny species of primate. It weighs {{Convert|60|g|abbr=on}} and has a body length of around {{Convert|13|cm|abbr=on}} and its tail measures around 13 cm as well. It is the 25th recognized species of mouse lemur and the 108th recognized species of lemur.{{Cite web|date=2020-08-05|title=New species alert: meet Jonah's mouse lemur!|url=https://lemur.duke.edu/new-species/|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Duke Lemur Center}}Schüßler et al., 2020.Poelstra, Salmona, Tiley et al., 2021.
Description
Jonah's mouse lemur has small ears and the characteristic huge eyes of lemurs with a distinct white stripe between the eyes. It has short, dense fur with a white with slightly yellowish belly and a brownish back.{{Cite web|date=2020-07-29|title=New lemur discovered in Madagascar is already a threatened species|url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20200729-new-lemur-discovered-in-madagascar-but-already-a-threatened-species-microcebus-jonahi-jonah-s-mouse|access-date=2021-02-07|website=RFI|language=en}} It weighs {{Convert|60|g|abbr=on}} and has a body length of around {{Convert|13|cm|abbr=on}} and its tail measures around 13 cm as well.
Distribution
Jonah's mouse lemur lives in northeastern Madagascar, including within the protected Mananara National Park. The species was named after Malagasy primatologist Dr. Jonah Ratsimbazafy.
Conservation status
The forested area in the region where the Jonah's mouse lemur is found is undergoing massive deforestation. In northeast Madagascar, forest cover declined from {{cvt|12039|km2}} in the early 1990s to {{cvt|7501|km2}} in 2018. Once an uninterrupted stretch of rainforest, it has been whittled down to fragments. The fragmentation is expected to intensify, stranding the mouse lemurs, curtailing their access to food, and narrowing their genetic diversity.{{Cite web|date=2020-08-03|title=Say hello to Madagascar's newest mouse lemur, a pint-sized primate|url=https://news.mongabay.com/2020/08/say-hello-to-madagascars-newest-mouse-lemur-a-pint-sized-primate/|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Mongabay Environmental News}}
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References
- Schüßler, D., Blanco, M. B., Salmona, J., Poelstra, J., Andriambeloson, J. B., Miller, A., ... & Radespiel, U. (2020). Ecology and morphology of mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) in a hotspot of microendemism in northeastern Madagascar, with the description of a new species. American Journal of Primatology, 82(9), e23180. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajp.23180
- Poelstra, J. W., Salmona, J., Tiley, G. P., Schüßler, D., Blanco, M. B., Andriambeloson, J. B., ... & Yoder, A. D. (2021). Cryptic patterns of speciation in cryptic primates: microendemic mouse lemurs and the multispecies coalescent. Systematic Biology, 70(2), 203-218. https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/70/2/203/5869053?login=true
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