Gray mouse lemur: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the gray mouse lemur lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Microcebus murinus
Group	Lemurs
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Cheirogaleidae

Where does the gray mouse lemur live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the gray mouse lemur in 1 country or territory across Africa. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Madagascar.

Madagascar

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the gray mouse lemur endangered?

The gray mouse lemur’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the gray mouse lemur?

The gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Cheirogaleidae, genus Microcebus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the gray mouse lemur

The gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus), grey mouse lemur or lesser mouse lemur is a small lemur, a type of strepsirrhine primate, found only on the island of Madagascar. Weighing 58 to 67 grams (2.0 to 2.4 oz), it is the largest of the mouse lemurs (genus Microcebus), a group that includes the smallest primates in the world. The species is named for its mouse-like size and coloration and is known locally (in Malagasy) as tsidy, koitsiky, titilivaha, pondiky, and vakiandry. The gray mouse lemur and all other mouse lemurs are considered cryptic species, as they are nearly indistinguishable from each other by appearance. For this reason, the gray mouse lemur was considered the only mouse lemur species for decades until more recent studies began to distinguish between the species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Gray mouse lemur (revision 1380253892), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q876491 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).