Distribution and Habitat
Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, which is known to live in Kirindy Mitea National Park in Madagascar, is also found to inhabit the Reserve Speciale d'Andranomena after heavy trapping studies were done to confirm this. It is also suggested that they live in Analabe, given the spotted distribution of the series. Madame Berthe's mouse lemurs use the tangles of tree vines to sleep in. Because of its limited spread, it is thought that they are specialist creatures that will only live in that one specific environment. Another idea suggests that they most likely endure competition with M. murinus, chiefly for resources. Because of the high rate of deforestation in the surrounding Menabe forests (52%) between 1985 to 2000, less than 22,000 ha of inhabitable forests remained between Kirindy Park, the Tsiribihina River, and the Reserve. Given that the lemur, or microcebus berthae, occur at 0.36 lemurs per ha, it is estimated that about 7,920 mouse lemurs were left in the area in the year 2000. With deforestation continuing to occur on the island-nation, the species is listed as endangered, at best.
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