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Some facts about the
Mongoose lemur
Adult weight : 2.06 kg (4.532 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 36 years
Female maturity :796 days
Gestation : 128 days
Weaning : 154 days
Litter size : 1
Litters per year : 1
Interval between litters : 365 days
Weight at birth : 0.053 kg (0.1166 lbs)
Mongoose lemur
Order : Primates
Family : Lemuridae
Species : Eulemur mongoz
The Mongoose Lemur (Eulemur mongoz) is a lemur living in Madagascar and on the islands of Comoros. It is best known for its strange seasonal behavior. Depending on the season, it is either diurnal or nocturnal. They live in trees in small groups and can become very aggressive when two groups meet. The reasons for the population of Mongoose Lemurs declining are the destruction of forests for logging and farms, the hunt for its meat and farmers setting traps to counter the raids of their crop. The forests in Madagascar are continuing to decline for the charcoal industry and the Mongoose Lemur is occasionaly trapped to be sold as a pet. Image by Lea Maimone, licensed under Attribution ShareAlike 2.5
The Mongoose lemur is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the mongoose lemur
A mongoose lemur group is called a 'troop'.
Facts about the mongoose lemur
In the wet season, when fruit is abundant, mongoose lemurs are at least mainly diurnal, and often feed, move and rest with brown lemurs for hours at a time [4, 6].
Mongoose lemurs are about 12-15 inches long with very long tails .
The Mongoose Lemur is a
The Mongoose lemur is generally found in the north-west of Madagascar,
Mongoose lemurs are the smallest species of the genus Eulemur, which includes five species. (Full text)
The mongoose lemur is an endangered animal. (Full text)
Male mongoose lemurs are grey with faces and red cheeks, while females have darker faces with white cheeks. (Full text)
The mongoose lemur is in the Primate order, the Mammalia class, and (Full text)
The mongoose lemur is a medium-sized lemur, about the size of a small house (Full text)
However, while the mongoose lemur is diurnal in some parts of its range, it is exclusively nocturnal, or active at night, in other parts of its range. (Full text)
MONGOOSE LEMUR (Eulemur mongoz) Mongoose lemurs are medium-sized, sexually dichromatic prosimians native to northwestern Madagascar. (Full text)
Other lemurs make me nervous: Mongoose lemurs are active quadrupeds (Full text)
Conservation: The Mongoose lemurs are only found on one area of Madagascar. (Full text)
Mongoose lemurs are medium sized members of the family and live (Full text)
1. mongoose -- (agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents)mongoose
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