Wednesday, July 16, 2008

The world's newest primate takes a bow

It’s not surprising that Madagascar, home of several recently discovered lemurs, has yielded up the newest primate – and one of the smallest. The tiny mouse lemur from the protected forest area of Makira has been christened Microcebus macarthurii, after the MacArthur Foundation, which provided funding for the studies leading to the discovery.

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