The Bemanasy mouse lemur, ''Microcebus manitatra'', is a species of
mouse lemur described in 2016 from Madagascar.
It was discovered by a team of researchers at the
German Primate Center The German Primate Centre (German: Deutsches Primatenzentrum, DPZ, founded in 1977) is a non-profit independent research and service institute located in Göttingen. It is a member of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community and funded by ...
. It was initially discovered among closely related species such as
Madame Berthe's mouse lemur (already described in 2013),
Boraha mouse lemur, and
Ganzhorn's mouse lemur.
Morphological similarity made it impossible to identify them as distinct species. A genetic study was done in collaboration with scientists at the
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a Public University, public Land-grant University, land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentu ...
, the
Duke Lemur Center and the
University of Antananarivo
University of Antananarivo (french: Université d'Antananarivo) is the primary public university of Madagascar, located in the capital Antananarivo.
History
The university traces its founding to 16 December 1955 and the formation of the Instit ...
in Madagascar. The
mtDNA sequencing revealed that the species was unique.
References
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Mammals described in 2016
Mouse lemurs
Mammals of Madagascar