Gray Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus)

About Gray Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Chordates
• Class: Mammals
• Order: Primates
• Family: Cheirogaleidae

Gray mouse lemurs are extremely arboreal.They move by leaping from the branches of trees. They generally forage close to ground level. They inhabit a wide variety of forest types throughout Madagascar, and are found mostly in the dry deciduous forests of southern and western Madagascar in the regions between Fort-Dulphin and the Sambirano River.

Habitat Regions: tropical ; terrestrial

Terrestrial Biomes: forest ; scrub forest

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