- The
Cheirogaleidae are the
family of
strepsirrhine primates containing the
various dwarf and
mouse lemurs. Like all
other lemurs,
cheirogaleids live exclusively...
- ravelobensis), also
known as the (Lac)
Ravelobe mouse lemur, is part of the
Cheirogaleidae family, and the
smallest species of lemur. It is arboreal, nocturnal...
- The 107
extant species of
Lemuroidea are
divided into five families.
Cheirogaleidae contains 41 dwarf, mouse, and fork-marked
lemur species in five genera...
- long,
bushy tail. They are most
closely related to
mouse lemurs within Cheirogaleidae, a
family of small,
nocturnal lemurs.
Giant mouse lemurs sleep in nests...
- Mittermeier, R. A.;
Louis Jr., E. E.; Richardson, M. C. (2013). "Family
Cheirogaleidae: Mouse,
giant mouse,
dwarf and fork-marked lemurs". In Mittermeier,...
- is
split between two clades: Lemuroidea,
divided into the
families Cheirogaleidae (dwarf and
mouse lemurs),
Daubentoniidae (the aye-aye),
Indriidae (wooly...
-
Order Primates: lemurs, bushbabies, monkeys, apes (cosmopolitan)
Family Cheirogaleidae: (32 species),
dwarf lemurs (Madagascar)
Family Lemuridae: (22 species)...
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Lemuriformes Superfamily:
Lemuroidea Gray 1821
Families †Archaeolemuridae
Cheirogaleidae Daubentoniidae Indriidae Lemuridae Lepilemuridae †Megaladapidae †Palaeopropithecidae...
- all
studies place Cheirogaleidae and
Lepilemuridae as a
sister clade to
Indriidae and Lemuridae, some
suggest that
Cheirogaleidae and
Lepilemuridae diverged...
-
infraorder Lemuriformes.
Within Lemuriformes, it
belongs to the
family Cheirogaleidae,
which contains the
mouse lemurs,
dwarf lemurs,
giant mouse lemurs,...
