Microcebus É. Geoffroy, 1834 . Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm., leçon 11, 1828:24.

TYPE SPECIES: Lemur pusillus É. Geoffroy, 1795 (= Lemur murinus J. F. Miller, 1777).

SYNONYMS: Azema, Gliscebus, Mirza, Murilemur, Myocebus, Myscebus, Scartes .

COMMENTS: Mirza Gray, 1870, may be a separate genus. Revised by Petter et al. (1977:27- 79).