Lemur boon on Madagascar - Genetic analysis turns up three new species.

news @ nature.com - Lemur boon on Madagascar - Genetic analysis turns up three new species.:

"The number of known species of the mouse lemur, the world's smallest primate, has increased by 25% with the description of three new species, bringing the total to 15.

Mouse lemurs are wide-eyed nocturnal animals that scamper around the forests of Madagascar, an island that harbors a tremendous diversity of wildlife."

Quite a contrast to news item earlier this month indicating that burgeoning species numbers among mouse lemurs (Genus: Microcebus) were overestimated.

BTW: Do they mean a lemur BOOM? I thought boon meant something like friend?