Family CHEIROGALEIDAE

(MOUSE, GIANT MOUSE, DWARF AND FORK-MARKED LEMURS)

• Small prosimians with elongated body, short limbs, short snout, large eyes, large, membranous, mobile ears, short, dense fur, and long tail.

• 20-60 cm.

• Madagascar.

• Tropical lowland, humid montane, dry deciduous, and spiny forests, and scrub.

• 5 genera, 31 species, 31 taxa.

• 4 species Endangered, 3 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.