Microcebus rufus E. Geoffroy, 1834 . Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm., leçon 11, 1828:24.

TYPE LOCALITY: Madagascar .

DISTRIBUTION: E. and N. Madagascar.

COMMENT: Separated from murinus by Petter, et al., 1977, Faune de Madagascar, 44:30.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as Microcebus spp. and U.S. ESA - Endangered as Cheirogaleidae and Microcebus spp.