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Furry-eared dwarf lemur
in Ranomafana National Park
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Family:	Cheirogaleidae
Genus:	Cheirogaleus
Species:	C. crossleyi
Binomial name
Cheirogaleus crossleyi A. Grandidier, 1870
Furry-eared dwarf lemur range
Synonyms
melanotis Forsyth Major, 1894

The furry-eared dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus crossleyi), or Crossley's dwarf lemur, only found on the island of Madagascar, as with all other lemurs. It has a pelage coloration that is red-brown dorsally and gray ventrally. The eye-rings of this species are blackish and the ears are black inside and out. Cheirogaleus crossleyi species are obligated to hibernate during periods of food scarcity on the island of Madagascar. Cheirogaleus crossleyi species specifically undergo drastic fluctuations in temperature during hibernation.

References

1. ^ Blanco, M.; Borgerson, C.; Dolch, R.; Donati, G.; Ganzhorn, J.; Greene, L.K.; Le Pors, B.; Lewis, R.; Louis, E.E.; Rafalinirina, H.A.; Raharivololona, B.; Rakotoarisoa, G.; Ralison, J.; Randriahaingo, H.N.T.; Rasoloarison, R.M.; Razafindrasolo, M.; Sgarlata, G.M.; Wright, P.; Zaonarivelo, J. (2020). "Cheirogaleus crossleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T163021377A115581154. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T163021377A115581154.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Harcourt, C. (1990). Thornback, J (ed.). Lemurs of Madagascar and the Comoros: The IUCN Red Data Book (PDF). World Conservation Union. ISBN 978-2-88032-957-0. OCLC 28425691.
3. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 111–112. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
4. Groves, Colin P. (2000-12-01). "The Genus Cheirogaleus: Unrecognized Biodiversity in Dwarf Lemurs". International Journal of Primatology. 21 (6): 943–962. doi:10.1023/A:1005559012637. ISSN 1573-8604.
5. Blanco, Marina B.; Rahalinarivo, Vololonirina (11 September 2010). "First direct evidence of hibernation in an eastern dwarf lemur species (Cheirogaleus crossleyi) from the high-altitude forest of Tsinjoarivo, central-eastern Madagascar". Naturwissenschaften. 97 (10): 945–950. Bibcode:2010NW.....97..945B. doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0707-6. ISSN 0028-1042. PMID 20835697. S2CID 238430.

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