Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Coquerel's giant mouse lemur (Mirza coquereli), recorded as Endangered
Coquerel's giant mouse lemur (Mirza coquereli). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Coquerel's giant mouse lemur

Mirza coquereli

Coquerel's giant mouse lemur, also known as Coquerel's dwarf lemur or the southern giant mouse lemur, is a small nocturnal lemur endemic to Madagascar.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Mirza coquereli
CITES
Appendix I
Taxonomy
Mammalia · Primates · Cheirogaleidae · Mirza

The dwarf lemur

Coquerel's giant mouse lemur is a dwarf lemur in the family Cheirogaleidae (order Primates) — Mirza coquereli.

Range and habitat

Coquerel's giant mouse lemur, also known as Coquerel's dwarf lemur or the southern giant mouse lemur, is a small nocturnal lemur endemic to Madagascar. This species can be found in parts of the Madagascar dry deciduous forests.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

CITES lists this taxon on Appendix I. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.

Coquerel's giant mouse lemur is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Coquerel's giant mouse lemur, Wikidata item Q1194199. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Coquerel's giant mouse lemur?
Coquerel's giant mouse lemur, also known as Coquerel's dwarf lemur or the southern giant mouse lemur, is a small nocturnal lemur endemic to Madagascar.
What is the conservation status of Coquerel's giant mouse lemur?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Mirza coquereli. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Coquerel's giant mouse lemur live?
This species can be found in parts of the Madagascar dry deciduous forests.
Why is Coquerel's giant mouse lemur in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Mirza coquereli?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Coquerel's giant mouse lemur a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.