Dwarf Lemurs And Mouse Lemurs

Kirindy Forest, MADAGASCARScanned Slide from 1998

Kirindy Forest, MADAGASCARScanned Slide from 1998

1 August 2008. Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. During a nightwalk I encountered this lemur. It had to be lit with torch light to not blind it.

1 August 2008. Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. During a nightwalk I encountered this lemur. It had to be lit with torch light to not blind it.

Gray Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus)

Brown Mouse Lemur (Microcebus rufus)

1 August 2008.Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.During a nightwalk I encountered this lemur.It had to be lit with torch light to not blind it.Click a link and you'll go to the page for that rank in the biological classification on Schaapmans' Wildlife Spotting.Kingdom: Animalia; Animals / DierenrijkPhylum: Chordata; Vertebrates / GewerveldenClass: Mammalia; Mammals / ZoogdierenOrder: Primates Primates / PrimatenSuborder: Strepsirrhini; Non-tarsier prosimians / HalfapenInfraorder: Lemuriformes; Lemures / LemurenFamily: Cheirogaleidae; Dwarf and Mouse Lemurs / Dwergmaki'sGenus: Microcebus; Mouse lemurs / Muismaki'sSpecies: Microcebus rufus; Brown Mouse Lemur / Rode muismaki

1 August 2008.Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.During a nightwalk I encountered this lemur.It had to be lit with torch light to not blind it.Click a link and you'll go to the page for that rank in the biological classification on Schaapmans' Wildlife Spotting.Kingdom: Animalia; Animals / DierenrijkPhylum: Chordata; Vertebrates / GewerveldenClass: Mammalia; Mammals / ZoogdierenOrder: Primates Primates / PrimatenSuborder: Strepsirrhini; Non-tarsier prosimians / HalfapenInfraorder: Lemuriformes; Lemures / LemurenFamily: Cheirogaleidae; Dwarf and Mouse Lemurs / Dwergmaki'sGenus: Microcebus; Mouse lemurs / Muismaki'sSpecies: Microcebus rufus; Brown Mouse Lemur / Rode muismaki

Nosy Mangabe, MADAGASCARScanned Slide from 2004

Botanical Garden, Tolagnaro, MADAGASCAR Scanned Slide from 1998

Botanical Garden, Tolagnaro, MADAGASCAR Scanned Slide from 1998

Botanical Garden, Tolagnaro, MADAGASCAR Scanned Slide from 1998

Botanical Garden, Tolagnaro, MADAGASCAR Scanned Slide from 1998

Kirindy Forest, MADAGASCARScanned Slide from 1998

Licking banana smeared on the branch. I believe this practice is now discouraged.

Gray Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus) at Ranomafana, Madagascar. Photographed on 25 October 2005

Gray Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus) at Ranomafana, Madagascar. Videotaped on 25 October 2005.Videotaping was done with torch light. Banana was smeared on the tree trunck to attract this rare little animal.

Gray Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus) at Ranomafana, Madagascar. Videotaped on 25 October 2005.Videotaping was done with torch light. Banana was smeared on the tree trunck to attract this rare little animal.

Kirindy Forest, MADAGASCARScanned Slide from 1998

Greater Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleus major) near Andasibe, Madagascar. Videotaped on 20 October 2005.

Analamazaotra Reserve, Perinet, MADAGASCAR Scanned Slide from 1998