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The mouse lemurs are nocturnal lemurs of the genus Microcebus.Like all lemurs, mouse lemurs are native to Madagascar. [4]Mouse lemurs have a combined head, body and tail length of 20–30 centimetres (7.9–11.8 in) and weigh 30–65 grams (1.1–2.3 oz), [5] making them the smallest primates [6] (the smallest species being Madame Berthe's mouse lemur); however, their weight fluctuates in ...
4.3 Tarsiers. 4.4 Old World monkeys. 4.5 New World monkeys. ... Goodman's mouse lemur; Pygmy mouse lemur; Brown mouse lemur; Northern rufous mouse lemur; Masoala fork ...
The lemurs show no obvious morphological differences, but are in communities separated geographically by rivers. [11] Palu tarsier (Tarsius lariang), a new species of tarsier. Jolly’s mouse lemur (Microcebus jollyae), a new species of mouse lemur. Simmons’ mouse lemur (Microcebus simmonsi), a new species of mouse lemur.
Lemurs are in trouble, 98% of lemur species are considered endangered or near extinction. It is critical we help support their conservation. ... to the Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, the world's ...
Primates range in size from the 30-gram (1 oz) pygmy mouse lemur to the 200-kilogram (440 lb) mountain gorilla. According to fossil evidence, the primitive ancestors of primates may have existed in the late Cretaceous period around 65 mya (million years ago), and the oldest known primate is the Late Paleocene Plesiadapis , c. 55–58 mya.
Prosimian tarsiers in the family Tarsiidae (monotypic in its own infraorder Tarsiiformes), represent the most basal division, originating about 58 mya. [49] [50] The earliest known haplorhine skeleton, that of 55 MA old tarsier-like Archicebus, was found in central China, [51] supporting an already suspected Asian origin for the group. [52]
Tarsiers (/ ˈ t ɑːr s i ər z / TAR-see-ərz) are haplorhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is, itself, the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes.Although the group was, prehistorically, more globally widespread, all of the species living today are restricted to Maritime Southeast Asia, predominantly in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Generally accepted members of this infraorder include the living tarsiers, [1] the extinct omomyids, two extinct fossil genera, and two extinct fossil species within the genus Tarsius. [3] As haplorhines, they are more closely related to monkeys and apes than to the strepsirrhine primates, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorises. Order Primates