📸 PhotoPhoto: Arjan Haverkamp · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Gray Mouse Lemur
Microcebus murinus (Gray Mouse Lemur · ハイイロネズミキツネザル)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its average weight of 60 g is similar to the weight of one egg (Comparison).
- 💡 A head-and-body length of 14 cm is about the length of a ballpoint pen (Comparison).
- 💡 Although hunting and trade are illegal, it is still commonly captured and sold as a pet (ADW).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Gray Mouse Lemur is among the smallest of all living primates, inhabiting dry forests in southern and western Madagascar.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It has short limbs and large eyes, and its long, slender lower incisors and canines form a toothcomb used for grooming fur. Its coat is reddish-toned brown with a paler belly.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It mainly eats insects along with small reptiles, leaves, fruits, and flowers. It forages at night, sleeps huddled in nests during the day, and usually gives birth to twins.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2020) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163314248/182239898
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1000957
- • iucnredlist.org — 182239898
- • wikidata.org — Q876491
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Microcebus murinus -Artis Zoo, Amsterdam, Netherlands-8
- • animaldiversity.org — Microcebus murinus
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Arcadia Science · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.