Diet varies with the seasons in Madagascar. During the wet season, M. coquereli eat mostly fruit, flowers, sap, and insects. During the dry season, their meals consist of the sweet liquids secreted onto branches by insect larvae. Reproduction Microcebus coquereli reach sexually maturity at 9 months. If a female mates at this time, she will carry the fetus for a gestation period of 89 days.
Offspring are completely dependent on adults for the first month of their lives.
They are weaned at 1.5 months and live independently after 2 months. Behavior Greater mouse lemurs live in loosely knit colonies and share a 0.1 square km home range with conspecifics, but individuals lead solitary lives. Individuals build 25-30cm spherical nests made of woven leaves and twigs in the central zone of the home range. These nests are usually built in the lower tiers of foliage. The central area is used for solitary activities such as grooming, feeding and scent marking during twilight hours.