Cheirogaleidae

Dwarf Lemurs

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Cheirogaleidae

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Microcebus murinus
Cheirogaleus medius É. Geoffroy, 1812
Microcebus murinus
Microcebus murinus
Cheirogaleus major
Microcebus murinus (J. F. Miller, 1777)
Microcebus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1834
Microcebus murinus
Microcebus murinus

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Tanya Dewey, Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
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Phil Myers, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan
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Dewey, T. and P. Myers. 2009. "Cheirogaleidae" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed October 25, 2009 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Cheirogaleidae.html. 

 

There are 21 species in 5 genera in the family Cheirogaleidae. As with most Malagasy mammals, recent research has resulted in the naming of several new species in recent years. These are the smallest lemur species and are all arboreal, nocturnal, and social. They are all similar in ecology, with relatively restricted ranges and some variation in diets. (Groves, 1989; Martin, 2003; Nowak and Paradiso, 1983; Thorington and Anderson, 1984; Vaughan, Ryan, and Czaplewski, 2000)

 
References
  • Martin, R. 2003. Dwarf lemurs and mouse lemurs (Cheirogaleidae). Pp. 35-45 in M. Hutchins, A.V. Evans, J.A. Jackson, D.G. Kleiman, J.B. Murphy, D.A. Thoney, eds. Grzimek Animal Life Encyclopedia, Vol. 14, 2nd Edition. Detroit: Gale Group.
  • Groves, C. 1989. A Theory of Human and Primate Evolution. Oxford: Oxford Science Publications, Clarendon Press.
  • Vaughan, T., J. Ryan, N. Czaplewski. 2000. Mammalogy, Fourth Edition. Philadelphia: Saunders College Publishing.
  • Thorington, R., S. Anderson. 1984. Primates. Pp. 187-216 in S. Anderson, J.K. Jones, eds. Orders and Families of Recent Mammals of the World. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
  • Nowak, R., J. Paradiso. 1983. Walker's Mammals of the World, Fourth edition. Baltimore, London: John Hopkins University Press.
"Cheirogaleidae". Encyclopedia of Life, available from "http://www.eol.org/pages/1656". Accessed 22 Mar 2010.