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Mouse lemur

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(Zool.) any one of several species of very small lemurs of the genus Chirogaleus, found in Madagascar.

See also: Mouse



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Even though they are deeply threatened, it is smaller primates such as the red colobus that could die out first," he added Elsewhere, species from tiny mouse lemurs to 120-kilo (250-pound) mountain gorillas face challenges to survive, says the report.
Gorillas, monkeys veering toward extinction: study by AFP / AFP Global Edition
In the endangered category are another 137 species and sub-species (22%) including the Javan gibbon from Indonesia, golden lion tamarin from Brazil and Berthe's mouse lemur from Madagascar.
Nearly half of all the world's primates at risk of extinction by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
One such scientist is Steve Goodman (after whom Goodman's mouse lemur is named), who has been living in Madagascar conducting biological surveys in the country's dwindling forests and training local scientists as a collaboration of WWF-Madagascar and the Universite d'Antananarivo, where he is a faculty member.
The Eighth Continent: drawn by the spectacular diversity of unique ... by Eger, Judith / ROM Magazine
 
 
 
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