🦋 Family

Cheirogaleidae

4 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Primates › Cheirogaleidae

Microcebus murinus, the gray mouse lemur, is a small nocturnal lemur endemic to Madagascar.

Microcebus rufus, the brown mouse lemur, is a small nocturnal solitary primate endemic to eastern Madagascar's rainforests.

Goodman's mouse lemur is a small primate that uses torpor, with differing winter torpor patterns between males and females.

Cheirogaleus crossleyi, or furry-eared dwarf lemur, is a Madagascar lemur that hibernates with large temperature fluctuations.

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