Southern Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur
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| Cheirogaleus adipicaudatus Grandidier, 1868 |
The Southern Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleus adipicaudatus), also known as the Spiny Desert Dwarf Lemur, is found only on the island of Madagascar. This species is known from Fort Dauphin.
Like other fat-tailed lemurs, C. adipicaudatus is able to store fat in its tail, and this provides a source of energy during its period of dormancy.
The dental formula of this species is 2:1:3:3 on both the upper and lower jaws.
This lemur has a pelage coloration that is dark dorsally and gray ventrally. There is a vaguely expressed dorsal stripe running down the back and has a relatively short white median facial stripe. It has black eye-rings are black and white fingers.[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 111. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ Groves, Colin (2000). "The genus Cheirogaleus: Unrecognized biodiversity in dwarf lemurs". International Journal of Primatology 21 (6): 943-962.
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