Southern Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur

Southern Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur

Taxobox
name = Southern Fat-tailed Dwarf LemurMSW3 Groves | pages = 111|id=12100009]
status = DD
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cheirogaleidae
genus = "Cheirogaleus"
species = "C. adipicaudatus"
binomial = "Cheirogaleus adipicaudatus"
binomial_authority = 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.cite journal | last = Groves | first = Colin | authorlink = Colin Groves | year = 2000 | title = The genus Cheirogaleus: Unrecognized biodiversity in dwarf lemurs | journal = International Journal of Primatology | volume = 21 | issue = 6 | pages = 943–962 | doi = 10.1023/A:1005559012637]

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