Microcebus myoxinus

Animalia, Cheirogaleidae, VU

Microcebus myoxinus is one of the smaller mouse lemurs, with a head-body length of 12–13 cm, a tail length of 14–15 cm, a total length of 26–28 cm, and a body weight of 43–55 g (Rasoloarison et al., 2000). The dorsal coat is rufous-brown with a distinct reddish-brown midline stripe. The ventral coat is pale yellow-brown to pale gray in color. The tail is darker toward the tip. The ears are relatively short. A light cinnamon patch between the eyes darkens to reddish behind the orbits and to a tawny crown and ears. The dark eyebrows are prominent. Furred portions of the hands and feet are whitish-gray to whitish-beige. Although this species may be sympatric with other mouse lemurs, it is difficult to give precise information on how to distinguish between them. Since some of the sympatric species may still be undescribed, further research on western mouse lemurs is clearly needed. \([\dots]\) https://lemursofmadagascar.com

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Current distribution

N. of observation used in the models

  N = 12

  Species distribution area

  SDA = 12 709 km\(^2\)

 

  Model performance

	ROC	OA	TSS
Value	1.00	0.98	0.98

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Climatic niche

Climatic and altitudinal range

 

	temp	prec	tseas	pseas	cwd	foret	alt
Mean	260	1167	1897	128	783	65	76
2.5%	251	706	1355	115	636	12	5
97.5%	269	1520	2628	143	879	100	249

Variable importance

	GAM	RF	MaxE	ANN	mrank	rank
temp	1.00	0.49	0.67	0.63	1.75	1
prec	0.52	0.27	0.03	0.84	4.50	6
tseas	0.52	0.28	0.09	0.75	3.75	3
pseas	0.89	0.29	0.05	0.37	4.00	4
cwd	0.79	0.41	0.00	0.47	4.25	5
foret	0.52	0.42	0.50	0.78	2.75	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	21 688	71
2	45	2080	zero	7 459	-41
3	85	2080	full	51 610	306
4	85	2080	zero	10 978	-14

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