Cheirogaleidae
Family of lemurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Cheirogaleidae | |
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Brown mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Superfamily: | Lemuroidea |
Family: | Cheirogaleidae Gray, 1873 |
Type genus | |
Cheirogaleus É. Geoffroy, 1812 | |
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