Talk:Gray mouse lemur

Complete re-write
As I have done with other lemur pages, I have completely re-written this article to reflect all of the information I have available to me. Please feel free to make corrections and discuss any issues on this talk pages. –Visionholder (talk) 10:05, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Good job, it's looking great. Hope you're going to submit it to GAN. Cheers, Jack (talk) 11:48, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, I will be submitting it for a GA review sometime shortly. I'm a little busy taking care of some Gray Mouse Lemurs in quarantine (as well as with the rest of my life) at the moment, but when I have time I will.  I will also be submitting Ruffed Lemur for a FA review as well.  Ultimately, my goal is to re-write every lemur page (from Lemur down) and get them to either FA or GA status.  My work should pick up pace after I move closer to Duke University in early June, giving me access to an academic library and the Duke Lemur Center.
 * Thanks for the help with the clean-up and the compliment. –Visionholder (talk) 13:25, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

A question
When was the species first discovered (by Western science - I assume the local population have always known about it) and when was it first scientifically described? Should there be a section on this, or at least a mention? Very nice article, BTW. 86.134.117.1 (talk) 07:05, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you. The species was described by science in 1777 by John Frederick Miller. This information is present in all or most species articles, but you have to know where to look.  It's found under the "Binomial name" section of the Taxobox on the upper right-hand corner (with the picture and basic classification information).  In smaller font, next to the scientific name, is the name of the person who first described it, as well as the year.  The "Synonyms" section lists other names it has been given, usually at later dates.  Once science confirms that these synonyms are the same species, the first name given is used.  The problem with adding this information to the text of the article is that it would bog down the article in extra detail that is already summarized in the taxobox.  Also, all species pages on Wiki summarize this information here.  However, I hope this answers your question. –Visionholder (talk) 07:41, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Literature Review 2008-09
As requested per FAC: Sasata (talk) 15:51, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

1) Title: The Grey Mouse Lemur Uses Season-Dependent Fat or Protein Sparing Strategies to Face Chronic Food Restriction
 * Author(s): Giroud, S; Perret, M; Stein, P, et al.
 * Source: PLOS ONE  Volume: 5   Issue: 1   Article Number: e8823   Published: 2010

2) Title: Scramble or Contest Competition Over Food in Solitarily Foraging Mouse Lemurs (Microcebus spp.): New Insights From Stable Isotopes
 * Author(s): Dammhahn, M; Kappeler, PM
 * Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY  Volume: 141   Issue: 2   Pages: 181-189   Published: 2010

3) Title: Ancient repeat sequence derived from U6 snRNA in primate genomes
 * Author(s): Hasnaoui, Manel; Doucet, Aurelien J.; Meziane, Oussama, et al.
 * Source: Gene (Amsterdam)  Volume: 448   Issue: 2, Sp. Iss. SI   Pages: 139-144   Published: DEC 15 2009

4) Title: A Novel System of Polymorphic and Diverse NK Cell Receptors in Primates
 * Author(s): Averdam, A; Petersen, B; Rosner, C, et al.
 * Source: PLOS GENETICS  Volume: 5   Issue: 10   Article Number: e1000688   Published: 2009

5) Title: HEALTH STATUS AND NESTING PATTERN IN MALE GRAY MOUSE LEMURS (MICROCEBUS MURINUS)
 * Author(s): Aujard, F; Perret, M
 * Source: REVUE D ECOLOGIE-LA TERRE ET LA VIE  Volume: 64   Issue: 3   Pages: 197-205   Published: 2009

6) Title: Varying Patterns of Coexistence of Two Mouse Lemur Species (Microcebus ravelobensis and M. murinus) in a Heterogeneous Landscape
 * Author(s): Rakotondravony, Romule; Radespiel, Ute
 * Source: American Journal of Primatology  Volume: 71   Issue: 11   Pages: 928-938   Published: NOV 2009

7) Title: Impaired Control of Body Cooling during Heterothermia Represents the Major Energetic Constraint in an Aging Non-Human Primate Exposed to Cold
 * Author(s): Terrien, J; Zahariev, A; Blanc, S, et al.
 * Source: PLOS ONE  Volume: 4   Issue: 10   Article Number: e7587   Published: 2009

8) Title: Dietary palmitate and linoleate oxidations, oxidative stress, and DNA damage differ according to season in mouse lemurs exposed to a chronic food deprivation
 * Author(s): Giroud, S; Perret, M; Gilbert, C, et al.
 * Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY  Volume: 297   Issue: 4   Pages: R950-R959   Published: 2009

9) Title: Hibernation in Malagasy mouse lemurs as a strategy to counter environmental challenge
 * Author(s): Kobbe, S; Dausmann, KH
 * Source: NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN  Volume: 96   Issue: 10   Pages: 1221-1227   Published: 2009

10) Title: Neoplasia in prosimians: case series from a captive prosimian population and literature review.
 * Author(s): Remick, A. K.; Wettere, A. J. van; Williams, C. V.
 * Source: Veterinary Pathology  Volume: 46   Issue: 4   Pages: 746-772   Published: 2009

11) Title: What Mediates Personality Variation in Grey Mouse Lemurs (Microcebus murinus)?
 * Author(s): Dammhahn, M
 * Source: FOLIA PRIMATOLOGICA  Volume: 80   Issue: 2   Pages: 115-115   Published: 2009

12) Title: Experiments on Inter-Specific Food Competition in Two Coexisting Mouse Lemur Species in North-Western Madagascar
 * Author(s): Thoren, S; Linnenbrink, M; Radespiel, U
 * Source: FOLIA PRIMATOLOGICA  Volume: 80   Issue: 2   Pages: 145-145   Published: 2009

13) Title: Daily Rhythms of Core Temperature and Locomotor Activity Indicate Different Adaptive Strategies to Cold Exposure in Adult and Aged Mouse Lemurs Acclimated to a Summer-Like Photoperiod
 * Author(s): Terrien, J; Zizzari, P; Epelbaum, J, et al.
 * Source: CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL  Volume: 26   Issue: 5   Pages: 838-853   Published: 2009

14) Title: Spatial memory in the grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus)
 * Author(s): Luehrs, Mia-Lana; Dammhahn, Melanie; Kappeler, Peter M., et al.
 * Source: Animal Cognition  Volume: 12   Issue: 4   Pages: 599-609   Published: JUL 2009

Article Number: 10.1007/s10071-009-0219-y

15) Title: Neoplasia in Prosimians: Case Series from a Captive Prosimian Population and Literature Review
 * Author(s): Remick, AK; Van Wettere, AJ; Williams, CV
 * Source: VETERINARY PATHOLOGY  Volume: 46   Issue: 4   Pages: 746-772   Published: 2009

16) Title: Evolution of sexual size monomorphism: the influence of passive mate guarding
 * Author(s): Dunham, AE; Rudolf, VHW
 * Source: JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY  Volume: 22   Issue: 7   Pages: 1376-1386   Published: 2009

17) Title: Multimodal Signaling in Wild Lemur catta: Economic Design and Territorial Function of Urine Marking
 * Author(s): Palagi, E; Norscia, I
 * Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY  Volume: 139   Issue: 2   Pages: 182-192   Published: 2009

18) Title: Assessing Reproductive Profiles in Female Brown Mouse Lemurs (Microcebus rufus) From Ranomafana National Park, Southeast Madagascar, Using Fecal Hormone Analysis
 * Author(s): Blanco, MB; Meyer, JS
 * Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY  Volume: 71   Issue: 6   Pages: 439-446   Published: 2009

19) Title: Optional strategies for reduced metabolism in gray mouse lemurs
 * Author(s): Schmid, J; Ganzhorn, JU
 * Source: NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN  Volume: 96   Issue: 6   Pages: 737-741   Published: 2009

20) Title: Sociality, ecology, and relative brain size in lemurs
 * Author(s): MacLean, EL; Barrickman, NL; Johnson, EM, et al.
 * Source: JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION  Volume: 56   Issue: 5   Pages: 471-478   Published: 2009

21) Title: Torpor and energetic consequences in free-ranging grey mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus): a comparison of dry and wet forests
 * Author(s): Schmid, J; Speakman, JR
 * Source: NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN  Volume: 96   Issue: 5   Pages: 609-620   Published: 2009

22) Title: Females go where the food is: does the socio-ecological model explain variation in social organisation of solitary foragers?
 * Author(s): Dammhahn, M; Kappeler, PM
 * Source: BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY  Volume: 63   Issue: 6   Pages: 939-952   Published: 2009

23) Title: Parallel Germline Infiltration of a Lentivirus in Two Malagasy Lemurs
 * Author(s): Gilbert, Clement; Maxfield, David G.; Goodman, Steven M., et al.
 * Source: PLoS Genetics  Volume: 5   Issue: 3   Pages: Article No.: e1000425   Published: MAR 2009

24) Title: Gut hormones in relation to body mass and torpor pattern changes during food restriction and re-feeding in the gray mouse lemur
 * Author(s): Giroud, S; Perret, M; Le Maho, Y, et al.
 * Source: JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY  Volume: 179   Issue: 1   Pages: 99-111   Published: 2009

25) Title: Hybridization between mouse lemurs in an ecological transition zone in southern Madagascar
 * Author(s): Gligor, M; Ganzhorn, JU; Rakotondravony, D, et al.
 * Source: MOLECULAR ECOLOGY  Volume: 18   Issue: 3   Pages: 520-533   Published: 2009

26) Title: European studbook. Grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus).
 * Author(s): Pes, Tomas; Pes, Tomas
 * Source: European studbook. Grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus).  Pages: 1-82   Published: 2008

27) Title: Comparative Feeding Ecology of Sympatric Microcebus berthae and M-murinus
 * Author(s): Dammhahn, M; Kappeler, P
 * Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY  Volume: 29   Issue: 6   Pages: 1567-1589   Published: 2008

28) Title: Forelimb proportions and kinematics: how are small primates different from other small mammals?
 * Author(s): Schmidt, M
 * Source: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY  Volume: 211   Issue: 24   Pages: 3775-3789   Published: 2008

29) Title: Battle of the sexes: cost asymmetry explains female dominance in lemurs
 * Author(s): Dunham, AE
 * Source: ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR  Volume: 76   Pages: 1435-1439   Published: 2008

30) Title: Manual lateralization in early primates: A comparison of two mouse lemur species
 * Author(s): Leliveld, LMC; Scheumann, M; Zimmermann, E
 * Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY  Volume: 137   Issue: 2   Pages: 156-163   Published: 2008

31) Title: Wild mouse lemurs revisit artificial feeding platforms: Implications for field experiments on sensory and cognitive abilities in small primates
 * Author(s): Joly, M; Scheumann, M; Zimmermann, E
 * Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY  Volume: 70   Issue: 9   Pages: 892-896   Published: 2008

32) Title: Cues for acoustic detection of prey: insect rustling sounds and the influence of walking substrate
 * Author(s): Goerlitz, HR; Greif, S; Siemers, BM
 * Source: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY  Volume: 211   Issue: 17   Pages: 2799-2806   Published: 2008

33) Title: Small-scale coexistence of two mouse lemur species (Microcebus berthae and M-murinus) within a homogeneous competitive environment
 * Author(s): Dammhahn, M; Kappeler, PM
 * Source: OECOLOGIA  Volume: 157   Issue: 3   Pages: 473-483   Published: 2008

34) Title: Effects of age on thermoregulatory responses during cold exposure in a nonhuman primate, Microcebus murinus
 * Author(s): Terrien, J; Zizzari, P; Bluet-Pajot, MT, et al.
 * Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY  Volume: 295   Issue: 2   Pages: R696-R703   Published: 2008

35) Title: The costs of risky male behaviour: sex differences in seasonal survival in a small sexually monomorphic primate
 * Author(s): Kraus, C; Eberle, M; Kappeler, PM
 * Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES  Volume: 275   Issue: 1643   Pages: 1635-1644   Published: 2008

36) Title: Chronic food shortage and seasonal modulations of daily torpor and locomotor activity in the grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus)
 * Author(s): Giroud, S; Blanc, S; Aujard, F, et al.
 * Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY  Volume: 294   Issue: 6   Pages: R1958-R1967   Published: 2008

37) Title: Olfactory predator recognition in predator-naive gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus).
 * Author(s): Suendermann, Dina; Scheumann, Marina; Zimmermann, Elke
 * Source: Journal of Comparative Psychology  Volume: 122   Issue: 2   Pages: 146-155   Published: May 2008

38) Title: Acoustic divergence in the communication of cryptic species of nocturnal primates (Microcebus ssp.)
 * Author(s): Braune, P; Schmidt, S; Zimmermann, E
 * Source: BMC BIOLOGY  Volume: 6   Article Number: 19   Published: 2008

39) Title: Olfactory predator recognition in predator-naive gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus)
 * Author(s): Sundermann, D; Scheumann, M; Zimmermann, E
 * Source: JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY  Volume: 122   Issue: 2   Pages: 146-155   Published: 2008

40) Title: Mutualism, reciprocity, or kin selection? Cooperative rescue of a conspecific from a boa in a nocturnal solitary forager the gray mouse lemur
 * Author(s): Eberle, M; Kappeler, PM
 * Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY  Volume: 70   Issue: 4   Pages: 410-414   Published: 2008

41) Title: The sensory basis of prey detection in captive-born grey mouse lemurs, Microcebus murinus
 * Author(s): Piep, M; Radespiel, U; Zimmermann, E, et al.
 * Source: ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR  Volume: 75   Pages: 871-878   Published: 2008

42) Title: Habitat utilization of three sympatric cheirogaleid lemur species in a littoral rain forest of southeastern Madagascar
 * Author(s): Lahann, P
 * Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY  Volume: 29   Issue: 1   Pages: 117-134   Published: 2008

43) Title: Sex-specific asymmetries in communication sound perception are not related to hand preference in an early primate
 * Author(s): Scheumann, M; Zimmermann, E
 * Source: BMC BIOLOGY  Volume: 6   Article Number: 3   Published: 2008

44) Title: Sex-specific symmetries in communication sound perception are not related to hand preference in an early primate.
 * Author(s): Scheumann, Marina; Zimmermann, Elke
 * Source: BMC Biology  Volume: 6   Issue: 3   Pages: 1-10   Published: 16 January 2008

45) Title: Sperm competition and optimal timing of matings in Microcebus murinus
 * Author(s): Eberle, M; Perret, M; Kappeler, PM
 * Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY  Volume: 28   Issue: 6   Pages: 1267-1278   Published: 2007


 * I have numbered the articles above for easier referencing in this reply. In short, if you could help obtain a copy of articles #5, #11, and #12 (or just their abstracts), it would help me a lot.  You may email me to send content if you'd prefer.  On an unrelated note, could someone please send me article #20 for my own independent research?  I will need the full article.  It would be greatly appreciated.  Otherwise, I will start incorporating the information provided above into the article starting tomorrow. –   VisionHolder  « talk »  21:00, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, email sent. Sasata (talk) 21:46, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Synonyms
I disagree that the genera should be listed. These were each considered different species. And, while it is interesting to note the changes in where these species were placed, there is no certain correlation between this species' placement and the placement of the synonyms when they were described. And my fallback: MSW3 lists them without genera. - UtherSRG (talk) 19:32, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
 * MSW 3 does not (presumably for space reasons), but most works that list synonyms do give the original combination. Species names without an accompanying genus just don't make particularly much sense. In addition, in this case it is very likely that these names were not each considered different species; rather, 18th- and 19th-century taxonomists renamed and again renamed it, either because they were unaware of the other names or because they felt like it. Ucucha 19:48, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
 * "unaware of the other names " sounds to me like they didn't know someone had already described the species, and so they thought they had a new species. I mean to include this notion in my notion above of "different species". As such, we don't have a way of knowing if the genus the author placed their species in was the same genus that this species was in at the time. Even the intentional renames may have been to move the species out of the genus it was in at the time into a new genus. It still says nothing about the genus this species was in at the time. - UtherSRG (talk) 21:42, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I am not sure of the relevance of the points we're arguing now; however, (1) the genus names add information; and (2) synonymies outside MSW 3 usually do list the genus names for synonymies. So do lots of our featured articles. Ucucha 23:28, 1 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Looks pretty accurate to everyone else--50.122.9.57 (talk) 15:24, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Madagascar colubrid
The species name of the colubrid snake that preys on mouse lemurs was misspelled it is Ithycyphus miniatus. ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 23:21, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the fix. – Maky  « talk » 02:23, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

Conservation status of M murinus
Hi, I'd like to clarify the conservation status. The article currently states that it was removed from CITES appendix I as of 2009. However, I still find it listed on the CITES dbase http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html

The database states it was added to appendix 1 in 1975 (consistent with Wikipedia) but there is no evidence that it was ever removed. The database is hard to search, I searched by order (primates). It did not come up when I searched by species, although I might have done it wrong.

See also http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/13323/0 which also states that it is on appendix I.

I did not edit the article itself pending input from others with greater knowledge of conservation issues.

The question is of significance since M murinus is of potential interest as a model organism for biomedical research: http://www.hhmi.org/bulletin/nov2011/features/emerging_model_organisms.html


 * Thank you very much for catching this. This was one of the first articles I ever wrote, and I'm not sure how I slipped up on this.  All lemurs are protected under CITES, so I'm not sure why I would have written this.  But then again, I was new to the field at the time, and probably didn't know how to read the indices.  I will fix it tonight. –  Maky  « talk » 23:33, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

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