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Species
Critically EndangeredMongoose Lemur
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderPrimates
- FamilyLemuridae
Maximum longevity: 36.2 years (captivity) Observations: One captive female was still alive after 36.2 years in captivity (Richard Weigl 2005).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 224
- With media
- 50
- Family
- Lemuridae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UBCBBM, AMNH, USNM, CLO, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- France, Madagascar, Locality Unknown
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Critically Endangered
- taxon name
- Eulemur mongoz
- Commons category
- Eulemur mongoz
- Commons gallery
- Eulemur mongoz
- taxon common name
- Mongoose Lemur
- endemic to
- Madagascar
- longest observed lifespan
- 36.2
- CITES Appendix
- Appendix I of CITES
- sequenced genome URL
- www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Eulemur_mongoz
- short name
- E. mongoz
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Encyclopedic overview
The mongoose lemur (Eulemur mongoz) is a small primate in the family Lemuridae, native to Madagascar and introduced to the Comoros Islands. These arboreal animals have pointed faces, long, bushy tails, dark-brown upper parts, pale bellies, and beards, which are reddish in males and white in females. They live in family groups and feed primarily on fruit, but also eat leaves, flowers, and nectar, with nectar from Ceiba pentandra trees making up a large part of their diet during the dry season. They have declined sharply in numbers because of habitat destruction and hunting, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated their conservation status as "critically endangered".
Description
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