Marohita mouse lemur

The Marohita mouse lemur ( Microcebus marohita ) is a living in northern Madagascar primate species from the genus of mouse lemurs within the group of lemurs. Type locality and so far only known range of the species described in 2013 is the location at an altitude of 695 meters Marohitawald in the province of Antsiranana. Their way of life is so far unexplored. The specific epithet refers to the marohita native forest region of Articles

Features

Marohita - mouse lemurs are among the larger members of their species and reach total lengths of 27.5 to 28.6 cm, with a tail length of 13.3 to 14.5 cm and weighing up to 89 g are the hind feet with a length of 3.4 to 3.5 cm noticeably long ears with 1.8 to 1.9 cm in length, however, rather short. The fur of the back is made of thick, soft and relatively long hair, the red-brown and yellow- brown are two colors to olive color and has a poorly visible dorsal stripe that extends behind the shoulders to the base of the tail. The undercoat of the back is black and gray. Breast and belly are gray -beige with a dark gray undercoat. Abdominal and thoracic center are beige to whitish. The ears and the top of the head are sienafarben. Between the eyes the skin is whitish to pale pink. The tail is covered with short hair. The portion located toward the body of the tail (about 75 % of the length ) is brownish on the top, on the bottom of cinnamon to clayey. A sharp line separating the top and bottom. The tail is the color of raw umber. The top side of the hands and feet are covered with short, white - greyish fur.

The type specimen has a total length of 28.6 cm with a head-body length of 14 cm and a weight of 89 g The hind foot is 3.5 cm long, 1.9 cm ear. The skull is 3.54 inches long, 1.52 inches high and 2.25 inches wide (from cheekbone to cheekbone ). The incisors have a height of 2.2 mm, the molars are 2.3 mm high.