Definition of Cheirogaleids. Meaning of Cheirogaleids. Synonyms of Cheirogaleids

- mouse lemurs. Like all other lemurs, cheirogaleids live exclusively on the island of Madagascar. Cheirogaleids are smaller than the other lemurs and...
- fruit, tree gum, insects, and small vertebrates. Unlike many other cheirogaleids, they do not enter a state of torpor during the dry season. The northern...
-   Extinct in the wild (EW): 2 species   Critically endangered (CR): 203 species   Endangered (EN): 505 species   Vulnerable (VU): 536 species   Near threatened...
- (while also lumping the other cheirogaleids in Cheirogaleus and illustrating the cranial similarities between cheirogaleids and Lepilemur) in 1897, the...
- multiple sleeping locations. Even torpor and hibernation states among cheirogaleids may be partly due to high levels of predation. Infants are protected...
- As of 2013, Lemurs' Park houses at least two species of cheirogaleid lemurs, which are small and nocturnal....
- Strepsirrhines: lemur- and loris-like primates Lemur-like primates (lemuriforms) Cheirogaleids: dwarf lemurs and mouse-lemurs Aye-aye True lemurs (lemurids) Sportive...
- (2013). "Parallel episodes of phyletic dwarfism in callitrichid and cheirogaleid primates". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 26 (4): 810–819. doi:10.1111/jeb...
- (2006). "Distribution and Conservation Status of Two Newly Described Cheirogaleid Species Mirza zaza and Microcebus lehilahytsara". Primate Conservation...
- the middle ear—comparable to that of lemurids, while being similar to cheirogaleids in dentition and postcranial anatomy. Nothing definitive is known about...