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Dwarf lemurs
Greater dwarf lemur
(Cheirogaleus major)
Conservation status
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Cheirogaleidae
Genus: Cheirogaleus
É. Geoffroy, 1812[1]
Type species
Cheirogaleus major
É. Geoffroy, 1812
Species
  • Cheirogaleus medius
  • Cheirogaleus major
  • Cheirogaleus crossleyi
  • Cheirogaleus grovesi
  • Cheirogaleus minusculus
  • Cheirogaleus sibreei
  • Cheirogaleus lavasoensis
  • Cheirogaleus andysabini
  • Cheirogaleus shethi
Synonyms[1][3]
  • Cebugale Lesson, 1840
  • Mioxocebus, Lesson, 1840
  • Chirogale Gloger, 1841
  • Myspithecus, F. Cuvier, 1842
  • Opolemur Gray, 1872
  • Altililemur Elliot, 1913
  • Altilemur Weber, 1928

The dwarf lemurs are the lemurs of the genus Cheirogaleus. All of the species in this genus, like all other lemurs, are native to Madagascar.

  1. ^ a b Groves, C. P. (2005). "Genus Cheirogaleus". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 111–112. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  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. ^ McKenna, MC; Bell, SK (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. p. 335. ISBN 0-231-11013-8.

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