Greater Dwarf Lemur

Taxobox
name = Greater Dwarf LemurMSW3 Groves | pages = 112|id=12100011]
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Ganzhorn, J. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group | year = 2000 | title = Cheirogaleus major | id = 4598 | downloaded = 2007-02-12]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cheirogaleidae
genus = "Cheirogaleus"
species = "C. major"
binomial = "Cheirogaleus major"
binomial_authority = É. Geoffroy, 1812

The Greater Dwarf Lemur ("Cheirogaleus major") is a lemur that is widely distributed over the primary and secondary forests near the eastern coast of Madagascar

Its fur is grey or reddish brown, and there are dark circles around the eyes. At the end of the wet season the tail will become somewhat swollen with fat.

It is preyed upon by the Ring-tailed Mongoose ("Galidia elegans") and the Madagascar Buzzard ("Buteo brachypterus"),cite journal | author = Goodman, S. M., O'Conner, S., Langrand, O. | year = 1993 | title = A review of predation on lemurs: Implications for the evolution of social behavior in small, nocturnal primates | journal = Lemur Social Systems and their Ecological Basis | pages = 51–66] and it is thought that the Fossa ("Cryptoprocta ferox") does as well, since it preys upon other lemurs.cite journal | author = Wright, P. C., "et al" | year = 1997 | title = Predation on Milne Edwards Sifaka ("Propithecus diadema edwardsi") by the Fossa ("Cryptoprocta ferox") in the rainforest of southeastern Madagascar | journal = Folia Primatologica | volume = 68 | issue = 1 | pages = 34–43]

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