Fat-tailed dwarf lemur
| Fat-Tailed Dwarf Lemur | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | Cheirogaleidae |
| Genus: | Cheirogaleus |
| Species: | C. medius |
| Binomial name | |
| Cheirogaleus medius É. Geoffroy, 1812[3] | |
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The fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius), is a type of lemur. It is also called the lesser dwarf lemur, western fat-tailed dwarf lemur, or spiny forest dwarf lemur. It is only lives in Madagascar. It is nocturnal. It eats insects, other small animals, fruits and flowers. An adult weighs 160 grams.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cheirogaleus medius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T163023599A115588562. 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
{{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ↑ Harcourt, C. (1990). Thornback, J (ed.). Lemurs of Madagascar and the Comoros: The IUCN Red Data Book (PDF). World Conservation Union. ISBN 978-2-88032-957-0. OCLC 28425691.
- ↑ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Primates". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
