The Cheirogaleidae are the family of strepsirrhine primates containing the various dwarf and mouse lemurs. Like all other lemurs, cheirogaleids live exclusively...

Mittermeier, R. A.; Louis Jr., E. E.; Richardson, M. C. (2013). "Family Cheirogaleidae: Mouse, giant mouse, dwarf and fork-marked lemurs". In Mittermeier,...

The 107 extant species of Lemuroidea are divided into five families. Cheirogaleidae contains 41 dwarf, mouse, and fork-marked lemur species in five genera...

ravelobensis), also known as the (Lac) Ravelobe mouse lemur, is part of the Cheirogaleidae family, and the smallest species of lemur. It is arboreal, nocturnal...

is split between two clades: Lemuroidea, divided into the families Cheirogaleidae (dwarf and mouse lemurs), Daubentoniidae (the aye-aye), Indriidae (wooly...

Lemuriformes Superfamily: Lemuroidea Gray 1821 Families †Archaeolemuridae Cheirogaleidae Daubentoniidae Indriidae Lemuridae Lepilemuridae †Megaladapidae †Palaeopropithecidae...

long, bushy tail. They are most closely related to mouse lemurs within Cheirogaleidae, a family of small, nocturnal lemurs. Giant mouse lemurs sleep in nests...

all studies place Cheirogaleidae and Lepilemuridae as a sister clade to Indriidae and Lemuridae, some suggest that Cheirogaleidae and Lepilemuridae diverged...

Order Primates: lemurs, bushbabies, monkeys, apes (cosmopolitan) Family Cheirogaleidae: (32 species), dwarf lemurs (Madagascar) Family Lemuridae: (22 species)...

infraorder Lemuriformes. Within Lemuriformes, it belongs to the family Cheirogaleidae, which contains the mouse lemurs, dwarf lemurs, giant mouse lemurs,...