LEMURS: DWARF AND MOUSE LEMURS
DWARF, FORK-MARKED, AND MOUSE LEMURS
HAIRY-EARED DWARF LEMURS
Genus: Allocebus
Allocebus trichotis
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The hairy-eared dwarf lemur is a small primate species local to lowland forests in Madagascar. For more than 20 years, these tiny lemurs were presumed extinct, but they were rediscovered in 1989 near the Mananara River in Northeast Madagascar. Environmental and human threats are continuously detrimental to the hairy-eared dwarf lemur population. Today, they are one of the rarest lemur…
DWARF LEMURS
Genus: Cheirogaleus
Cheirogaleus medius
CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
The fat-tailed dwarf lemur, also known as lesser dwarf lemurs, or western fat-tailed dwarf lemurs, is endemic to the dry deciduous forests of western Madagascar. Madagascar experiences a hot, wet season from November to April, and a cool, dry season from May to October. During the dry season, water is extremely scarce…
Cheirogaleus major
CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
Geoffroy’s dwarf lemurs are found in northeastern and western central Madagascar. They can be spotted from the southeastern tip to the northeastern tip, with a small population isolated inland in the west-central part of the island. Geoffroy’s dwarf lemurs, which are also known as greater dwarf lemurs, are sympatric with fat…
MOUSE LEMURS
Genus: Microcebus
Microcebus gerpi
CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
The Gerp’s mouse lemur is only found in the Sahafina forest and surrounding secondary forests in eastern Madagascar. The region is a mix of dense lowland forest and formerly logged woodlands now in recovery. This area of the island nation is particularly humid due to its placement in between the Indian Ocean…
Microcebus murinus
CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
The gray mouse lemur, also known as the lesser mouse lemur, is endemic to Madagascar. They mainly occupy dry deciduous forests from Mahajanga in the northwest to Tulear in the southwest, along most of the west coast. A distinct population has also been found in the southeast near Fort Dulphin. The gray…
Microcebus griseorufus
CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
The gray-brown mouse lemur is a prosimian that is found throughout the Toliara province, which spans much of south and southwestern coastline of Madagascar. Prosimians are the most primitive of the primates, and they all live in the Old World—that is, Africa or Asia. Gray-brown mouse lemurs, like all lemurs, are endemic…
Microcebus berthae
CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
Sometimes known as the pygmy mouse lemur or Berthe’s mouse lemur, the Madame Berthe’s mouse lemur is named after the conservationist and primatologist Berthe Rakotosamimanana of Madagascar. This species of lemur is restricted to a small area within the Menabe region in western Madagascar. They live in highly…
Microcebus myoxinus
CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
Originally described in 1858, the pygmy mouse lemur (Microcebus myoxinus), also known as Peters’ mouse lemur, dormouse lemur, or western rufous mouse lemur, was thought to be extinct until its rediscovery in the Kirindy Forest of Madagascar in 1993. Like all lemurs, they are endemic to the island of Madagascar. They make…
GIANT MOUSE LEMURS
Genus: Mirza
Mirza coquereli
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
Like all lemurs, Coquerel’s giant mouse lemurs (Mirza coquereli), also called Coquerel’s dwarf lemurs or Coquerel’s mouse-lemurs, are endemic to the island of Madagascar. They are primarily found in the dry and gallery forests on the southwestern portion of the island, between the Onilahy and Tsiribinha rivers…
Mirza zaza
CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
The northern giant mouse lemur is endemic to Madagascar. They are found primarily in the dry forests of the northwest region of the Ampasindava Peninsula, specifically in Ambato and Pasandava. They also inhabit secondary forests, old banana plantations, gallery forests, and abandoned cashew orchards. Madagascar…
FORK-MARKED LEMURS
Genus: Phaner
Phaner pallescens
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The Pale fork-marked lemur, also known as the western fork-marked lemur or pale fork-crowned lemur, is a lemur endemic to the dry western forests of Madagascar. They have the largest range of any of the fork-marked lemurs, and are distributed in patches from the Fiherenana River to the village of Soalala. The most northern…