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Crossley's Dwarf Lemur

Cheirogaleus crossleyi A. Grandidier, 1870

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Crossley's dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus crossleyi), Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.

Crossley's dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus crossleyi), Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.

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Open encyclopedia reference

The furry-eared dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus crossleyi), or Crossley's dwarf lemur, only found on the island of Madagascar, as with all other lemurs. It has a pelage coloration that is red-brown dorsally and gray ventrally. The eye-rings of this species are blackish and the ears are black inside and out. Cheirogaleus crossleyi species are obligated to hibernate during periods of food scarcity on the island of Madagascar. Cheirogaleus crossleyi species specifically undergo drastic fluctuations in temperature during hibernation.

Wikipedia contributors, Furry-eared dwarf lemur; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:41:00.458602+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Cheirogaleus crossleyi A. Grandidier, 1870
Name authority
A. Grandidier, 1870
Common name
Crossley's Dwarf Lemur
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Primates
Family
Cheirogaleidae
Genus
Cheirogaleus
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
  9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  10. infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
  11. orderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758
  12. suborderStrepsirrhini É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812
  13. infraorderLemuriformes Gray, 1821
  14. superfamilyCheirogaleoidea Gray, 1873
  15. familyCheirogaleidae Gray, 1873
  16. genusCheirogaleus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812
  17. speciesCheirogaleus crossleyi A. Grandidier, 1870

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Cheirogaleus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Fat-tailed Dwarf LemurCheirogaleus medius É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812CheirogaleidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Montagne d'Ambre Dwarf LemurCheirogaleus andysabini Lei et al., 2015CheirogaleidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Lesser Iron-gray Dwarf LemurCheirogaleus minusculus Groves, 2000CheirogaleidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sibree's Dwarf LemurCheirogaleus sibreei (Forsyth Major, 1896)CheirogaleidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Andringitra Dwarf LemurCheirogaleus grovesi McLain, Lei, Frasier, Taylor, Bailey, Roberts, Nash, Randriamanana, Mittermeier & Louis Jr., 2017CheirogaleidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Thomas' Dwarf LemurCheirogaleus thomasi (Forsyth Major, 1894)CheirogaleidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Lavasoa Dwarf LemurCheirogaleus lavasoensis Thiele, Razafimahatratra & Hapke, 2013CheirogaleidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ankarana Dwarf LemurCheirogaleus shethi Frasier, Lei, McLain, Taylor, Bailey et al., 2016CheirogaleidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 39 records assigned to Cheirogaleidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Chirogale melanotis Forsyth Major, 1894 Forsyth Major, 1894synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Africa

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=944044 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:5XRNW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.