The Nosy Boraha mouse lemur (''Microcebus boraha'') 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),
Bemanasy mouse lemur
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. It was initially discovered among closely related species ...
, 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
Duke Lemur Center and the
University of Antananarivo in Madagascar. The
mtDNA sequencing revealed that the species was unique.
The species is named after its natural habitat Malagasy Nosy Boraha on the
Island of Sainte Marie.
References
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Mouse lemurs
Mammals described in 2016
Mammals of Madagascar