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Rufous mouse lemur, the world's smallest primate
What do you do after a day-long exhausting walk in the Ranomafana rainforest? You continue to do the night tour, to meet even more strange creatures, such as this Rufous mouse lemur, one of the world's smallest primates.
Disclaimer: our guide put banana pulp on the bark of this tree to bring out the animal.
The brown mouse lemur is a small primate, and like the other mouse lemurs can only be found on the island of Madagascar. They are known also as the rufous mouse lemur, eastern rufous mouse lemur, red mouse lemur, or russet mouse lemur. Its dorsal side is brown or reddish-brown, while ventrally it is a whitish-grey.
It was originally considered a subspecies of the gray mouse lemur until 1977, when it was reclassified as a separate species.
The mouse lemurs are among the shortest-lived.. more
