Critically Endangered
Gerp's mouse lemur
Microcebus gerpi
Gerp's mouse lemur is a dwarf lemur in the family Cheirogaleidae (order Primates) — Microcebus gerpi, recorded as Critically Endangered and tied to Madagascar.
Appearance
The species appears to be restricted to a small region of lowland evergreen rain forest, and is seriously threatened by forest loss.
Gerp's mouse lemur is significantly larger, weighing on average 68-gram (2.4 oz), compared to Goodman's mouse lemur, that weighs about 44 g (1.6 oz). Jolly's mouse lemur, that is its closest relative and a neighbor to the south, is comparably larger, but differs in tail length and genetics.
Range and habitat
Gerp's mouse lemur has only been identified in the Sahafina Forest in eastern Madagascar, about 58 km (36 mi) east of Mantadia National Park, 87 km (54 mi) south of the city of Toamasina, and 18 km (11 mi) from the Indian Ocean. The forest fragment is about 15.6 km2 (6.0 sq mi) and is surrounded by secondary forest growing in areas previously cut for rice cultivation (known locally as savoka). The Sahafina Forest ranges from 29 to 230 m (95 to 755 ft) above sea level, whereas nearby Mantadia National Park, home of its closest neighboring mouse lemur population (Goodman's mouse lemur), ranges from 900 to 1,200 m (3,000 to 3,900 ft) above sea level.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
In crisis
Of the 7,600 km2 (2,900 sq mi) of its potential geographic range, only very small parts remain forested.
CITES lists this taxon on Appendix I. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.
Gerp's mouse lemur is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Gerp's mouse lemur, Wikidata item Q1514699. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
