Two New Species of Mouse Lemurs (Cheirogaleidae: Microcebus) from Eastern Madagascar

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 455-469

  Rasoloarison, Rodin M ^a,b   Weisrock, David W ^c   Yoder, Anne D ^d   Rakotondravony, Daniel ^a   Kappeler, Peter M ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Madagascar; Microcebus; Mouse lemurs; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RED LIST; RODENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY;

MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALIA; CHEIROGALEIDAE; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; LEMURIFORMES; MICROCEBUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878168753     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-013-9672-1     Document Type: Article

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