Cheirogaleus crossleyi

Animalia, Cheirogaleidae, DD

Cheirogaleus crossleyi is one of several dwarf lemur species that re-emerged from the former Cheirogaleus major as a result of the taxonomic revision by Groves (2000). Its head-body length is 22–26 cm, its tail length 21–27 cm, and its average total length is 50 cm. The dorsal coat is reddish-brown, and the ventral coat is gray, turning creamy toward the midline. The mid-facial zone is yellowish, this coloring extending above the eyes, which are surrounded by blackish rings. The ears are heavily pigmented, and covered with black fur both inside and out, and help to distinguish this species from C. major, along with its reddish color and blacker, more pronounced eye rings. As indicated above in the generic description for Cheirogaleus, Groeneveld et al. (2009) found five terminal clades within C. crossleyi, which may well turn out to be distinct species. \([\dots]\) https://lemursofmadagascar.com

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Current distribution

N. of observation used in the models

  N = 12

  Species distribution area

  SDA = 7 708 km\(^2\)

 

  Model performance

	ROC	OA	TSS
Value	1.00	0.99	0.99

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Climatic niche

Climatic and altitudinal range

 

	temp	prec	tseas	pseas	cwd	foret	alt
Mean	196	1420	2348	79	124	86	1014
2.5%	161	868	1716	40	21	0	17
97.5%	247	1763	2810	101	324	100	1787

Variable importance

	GAM	RF	MaxE	ANN	mrank	rank
temp	0.72	0.42	0.01	0.65	5.00	5
prec	0.84	0.38	0.34	0.81	2.62	3
tseas	0.73	0.27	0.15	0.44	5.50	6
pseas	0.74	0.38	0.15	0.72	4.12	4
cwd	1.00	0.44	0.30	0.99	1.75	1
foret	0.79	0.51	0.66	0.75	2.00	2

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Vulnerability to climate change

Full dispersal

  RCP : 85, Year : 2080

 

Zero dispersal

  RCP : 85, Year : 2080

 

Scenarios

	RCP	Year	Disp	Area	Change
1	45	2080	full	5 165	-33
2	45	2080	zero	3 765	-51
3	85	2080	full	3 581	-54
4	85	2080	zero	1 127	-85

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