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SPECIES Microcebus rufus

Author:É. Geoffroy, 1828.
Actual Date:1834
Citation:Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm., lecon 11(1828): 24.
Common Name:Eastern Rufous Mouse Lemur
Type Locality:Madagascar.
Distribution:E and N Madagascar.
Status:CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Separated from murinus by Petter et al. (1977:30).
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    smithii Gray, 1842

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