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Madagascar House (diurnal section) at Plzen, 25/05/10

A wonderful new house - between its diurnal and nocturnal section the species displayed include: Ring-tailed Mongoose Narrow-striped Mongoose Belted Ruffed Lemur Red-fronted Lemur Red-bellied Lemur Goodman's Mouse Lemur ([i]Microcebus lehilahytsara[/i] - happily visible after the frustration of Zurich! :D ) Grey Mouse Lemur (labelled as [i]Microcebus murinus[/i] but we later found out from the staff at Jilhava that Plzen have animals from the same import as Jihlava - which are most likely [i]M. myoxinus[/i] or [i]M. ravelobensis[/i] - not sure if this applies to [i]all[/i] Plzen's animals though) Tailless Tenrec Greater Hedgehog Tenrec Giant Jumping Rat Rodrigues Fruit Bat As well as a fantastic set of reptiles including boas, some pleasingly obscure geckos and Warty Chamaeleons ([i]Furcifer verrucosus/i]).

Madagascar House (diurnal section) at Plzen, 25/05/10
Maguari, 6 Jun 2010
    • Maguari
      A wonderful new house - between its diurnal and nocturnal section the species displayed include:

      Ring-tailed Mongoose
      Narrow-striped Mongoose
      Belted Ruffed Lemur
      Red-fronted Lemur
      Red-bellied Lemur
      Goodman\'s Mouse Lemur (Microcebus lehilahytsara - happily visible after the frustration of Zurich! :D )
      Grey Mouse Lemur (labelled as Microcebus murinus but we later found out from the staff at Jilhava that Plzen have animals from the same import as Jihlava - which are most likely M. myoxinus or M. ravelobensis - not sure if this applies to all Plzen\'s animals though)
      Tailless Tenrec
      Greater Hedgehog Tenrec
      Giant Jumping Rat
      Rodrigues Fruit Bat

      As well as a fantastic set of reptiles including boas, some pleasingly obscure geckos and Warty Chamaeleons (Furcifer verrucosus/i]).
    • TeaLovingDave
      @Maguari Out of curiosity, and given the fact I will be visiting Plzen and Jihlava imminently, do you have any further information obtained in the last 7 years regarding your suggestion that some/all of the Grey Mouse Lemur at these collections represent taxa other than M. murinus?
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    • Maguari
      @TeaLovingDave Yes - I believe they are now believed to be M. murinus, so as you were!
    • TeaLovingDave
      @Maguari Fair enough ;) I'm still going to get a good handful of prosimian lifeticks so I cannot complain!
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    • TeaLovingDave
      @Maguari - given recent developments at Plzen regarding the reclassification of the vast majority of their Grey Mouse Lemurs ( as discussed in the linked thread) it rather sounds like the rumours you heard at Jihlava were indeed accurate, but merely didn't get the species correct ;)

      Ganzhorn's mouse lemur, Microcebus ganzhorni | ZooChat

      In which case, it is possible Jihlava also holds Microcebus ganzhorni - presuming their stock has not been supplemented by extra imports since which have muddied the genepool.
    • ThylacineAlive
      Are the Goodman's both on and off-exhibit or solely off now?

      ~Thylo
    • TeaLovingDave
      Solely offshow; believe they have not been on-display since 2012 or thereabouts.
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