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Cheirogaleidae
Sign in to saveThe Cheirogaleidae are the family of strepsirrhine primates containing the various dwarf and mouse lemurs. Like all other lemurs, cheirogaleids live exclusively on the island of Madagascar.
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Cheirogaleidae is a family of primates within the order Primates, class Mammalia, and phylum Chordata. The taxon is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. It includes smaller lemurs, specifically mouse lemurs and dwarf lemurs.
This family is endemic to Madagascar. Cheirogaleidae is listed in Appendix I of CITES. The group has previously been classified as a subfamily of the lemur family.
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Species
Cheirogaleidae
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderPrimates
- FamilyCheirogaleidae
鼠狐猴科（学名Cheirogaleidae），靈長目的一科，以前常归为狐猴科的一个亚科，包括体型较小的鼠狐猴和倭狐猴，只产于马达加斯加，共分五属。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 21
- Family
- Cheirogaleidae
- Collections
- TTU, YPM
- Recorded in
- Madagascar
Research
501 papers- A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate.Nature · 2025
- In vivo self-renewal and expansion of quiescent stem cells from a non-human primate.Nature communications · 2025
- Mouse lemur cell atlas informs primate genes, physiology and disease.Nature · 2025
- The evolution of palate shape in the Lepilemur-Cheirogaleidae clade (Primates: Strepsirrhini).American journal of physical anthropology · 2020
- An organism-wide atlas of hormonal signaling based on the mouse lemur single-cell transcriptome.Nature communications · 2024
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Characteristics
- Classification
- Footnotes
- References
The Cheirogaleidae are the family of strepsirrhine primates containing the various dwarf and mouse lemurs. Like all other lemurs, cheirogaleids live exclusively on the island of Madagascar.
==Characteristics== Cheirogaleids are smaller than the other lemurs and, in fact, they are the smallest primates. They have soft, long fur, colored grey-brown to reddish on top, with a generally brighter underbelly. Typically, they have small ears, large, close-set eyes, and long hind legs. Like all strepsirrhines, they have fine claws at the second toe of the hind legs. They grow to a size of only 13 to 28 cm, with a tail that is very long, sometimes up to one and a half times as long as the body. They weigh no more than 500 grams, with some species weighing as little as 60 grams.
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