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Microcebus is a genus within the family Cheirogaleidae. It belongs to the class Mammalia, order Primates, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The genus is categorized under mouse lemurs. One species within this group is commonly known as the Grey Mouse Lemur.
Records for this taxon are held by institutions including AMNH, GNM, NHMUK, MNHN, and FMNH. Specimens have been documented in Madagascar and Zimbabwe. The taxon has 2988 occurrences recorded in GBIF, 334 observations on iNaturalist, and 50 records in iDigBio.
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Species
Grey Mouse Lemur
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderPrimates
- FamilyCheirogaleidae
Le genre Microcebus, les microcèbes, regroupe des primates lémuriformes parmi les plus petites espèces de lémuriens. Certaines des espèces du genre Mirza portent également ce nom vernaculaire.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 50
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Cheirogaleidae
- Collections
- AMNH, GNM, NHMUK, MNHN, FMNH, LSUMZ
- Recorded in
- Madagascar, Zimbabwe
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Encyclopedic overview
The mouse lemurs are nocturnal lemurs of the genus Microcebus. Like all lemurs, mouse lemurs are native to Madagascar.
Mouse lemurs have a combined head, body and tail length of 20–30 centimetres (7.9–11.8 in) and weigh 30–65 grams (1.1–2.3 oz), making them the smallest primates (the smallest species being Madame Berthe's mouse lemur); however, their weight fluctuates in response to daylight duration. Lemurs and mouse lemurs were announced by the IUCN as the most endangered of all vertebrates. There were two known mouse lemur species in 1992; by 2016, there were 24. It was estimated that the 24 mouse lemur species evolved from a common ancestor 18–11 million years ago. They can live for about 18 years in captivity. Gestation is about 2 months. The total population for mouse lemurs isn't yet known.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Microcebus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.