Hairy-eared dwarf lemur
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| Hairy-eared dwarf lemur[1] | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Cheirogaleidae |
| Genus: | Allocebus Petter-Rousseaux and Petter, 1967 |
| Species: | A. trichotis |
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| Allocebus trichotis (Günther, 1875)[3] | |
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| Hairy-eared dwarf lemur range | |
The hairy-eared dwarf lemur (Allocebus trichotis), or hairy-eared mouse lemur, is a nocturnal lemur endemic to Madagascar. It is the only member of the genus Allocebus. This species is likely to be critically endangered and the population is estimated at 100–1000 individuals. They all live in a single location in the northeastern part of the country.[2] Hairy-eared dwarf lemurs build leafy nests within trees to hibernate in. Their diet consists mostly of fruit, tree sap, and insects.[4]
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- ↑ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 111. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Andrainarivo, C., Andriaholinirina, V. N., Feistner, A., Felix, T., Ganzhorn, J., Garbutt, N., Golden, C., Konstant, B., Louis Jr., E., Meyers, D., Mittermeier, R. A., Perieras, A., Princee, F., Rabarivola, J. C., Rakotosamimanana, B., Rasamimanana, H., Ratsimbazafy, J., Raveloarinoro, G., Razafimanantsoa, A., Rumpler, Y., Schwitzer, C., Thalmann, U., Wilmé, L. & Wright, P. (2008). Allocebus trichotis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ↑ Günther, Albert (1875). "Notes on some Mammals from Madagascar". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 78–80.
- ↑ Petter, Jean-Jacques and Desbordes, Francois. Primates of the World. Princeton University Press, 2013, p. 48.
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