Mongoose lemur: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Eulemur mongoz
Group	Lemurs
Status	Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Lemuridae

Where does the mongoose lemur live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the mongoose 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 mongoose lemur endangered?

The mongoose lemur’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Critically endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the mongoose lemur?

The mongoose lemur (Eulemur mongoz) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Lemuridae, genus Eulemur. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the mongoose lemur

The mongoose lemur (Eulemur mongoz) is a small primate in the family Lemuridae, native to Madagascar and introduced to the Comoros Islands. These arboreal animals have pointed faces, long, bushy tails, dark-brown upper parts, pale bellies, and beards, which are reddish in males and white in females. They live in family groups and feed primarily on fruit, but also eat leaves, flowers, and nectar, with nectar from Ceiba pentandra trees making up a large part of their diet during the dry season. They have declined sharply in numbers because of habitat destruction and hunting, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated their conservation status as "critically endangered".

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Mongoose lemur (revision 1356979850), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q543695 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).