Pygmy mouse lemur: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the pygmy mouse lemur live?

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

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

What kind of animal is the pygmy mouse lemur?

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

About the pygmy mouse lemur

The pygmy mouse lemur (Microcebus myoxinus), also known as Peters' mouse lemur or dormouse lemur, is a primate weighing only 43–55 g (1.5–1.9 oz); it is the second smallest of the mouse lemurs. Its dorsal side is a rufous-brown colour, and creamy-white ventrally. It lives in dry deciduous forests of western Madagascar. It has been captured in the Tsingy de Bemaraha Nature Reserve, the Andramasy forests north of Belo sur Tsiribihina, and the border of heavily degraded deciduous forest and savanna at Aboalimena. It has also been found in other habitats, in mangroves in two localities.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pygmy mouse lemur (revision 1371010001), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q243990 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).