Furry-eared dwarf lemur

Furry-eared dwarf lemur
in Ranomafana National Park
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Family:	Cheirogaleidae
Genus:	Cheirogaleus
Species:	C. crossleyi
Binomial name
Cheirogaleus crossleyi (A. Grandidier, 1870) [3] [4]
Furry-eared dwarf lemur range [1]
Synonyms
melanotisForsyth Major, 1894

The furry-eared dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus crossleyi), or Crossley's dwarf lemur, only found on the island of Madagascar, as with all other lemurs. It has a pelage coloration that is red-brown dorsally and gray ventrally. The eye-rings of this species are blackish and the ears are black inside and out. ^[5] Cheirogaleus crossleyi species are obligated to hibernate during periods of food scarcity on the island of Madagascar. Cheirogaleus crossleyi species specifically undergo drastic fluctuations in temperature during hibernation. ^[6]

References

1. Blanco, M.; Borgerson, C.; Dolch, R.; Donati, G.; Ganzhorn, J.; Greene, L.K.; Le Pors, B.; Lewis, R.; Louis, E.E.; Rafalinirina, H.A.; Raharivololona, B.; Rakotoarisoa, G.; Ralison, J.; Randriahaingo, H.N.T.; Rasoloarison, R.M.; Razafindrasolo, M.; Sgarlata, G.M.; Wright, P.; Zaonarivelo, J. (2020). "Cheirogaleus crossleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T163021377A115581154. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T163021377A115581154.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. 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.
3. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 111–112. ISBN   0-801-88221-4. OCLC   62265494.
4. Grandidier, A. (1870). "Description de quelques animaux nouveaux, découverts à Madagascar, en novembre 1869". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée. 2. 22: 49–50.
5. Groves, Colin P. (2000-12-01). "The Genus Cheirogaleus: Unrecognized Biodiversity in Dwarf Lemurs" . International Journal of Primatology. 21 (6): 943–962. doi:10.1023/A:1005559012637. ISSN   1573-8604.
6. Blanco, Marina B.; Rahalinarivo, Vololonirina (11 September 2010). "First direct evidence of hibernation in an eastern dwarf lemur species (Cheirogaleus crossleyi) from the high-altitude forest of Tsinjoarivo, central-eastern Madagascar" . Naturwissenschaften. 97 (10): 945–950. Bibcode:2010NW.....97..945B. doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0707-6. ISSN   0028-1042. PMID   20835697. S2CID   238430.