page_title: List of lemur species
section_title: Family: Cheirogaleidae
hierarchical_section_title: List of lemur species / Extant species / Family: Cheirogaleidae
caption_attribution_description: English: Pale fork-marked dwarf lemur (Phaner pallescens) in captivity at Analabe, 1985.
context_page_description: Lemurs are strepsirrhine primates, all species of which are endemic to Madagascar. They include the smallest primate in the world, Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, which weighs 30 grams, and range up to the size of the indri, which can weigh as much as 9.5 kilograms. However, recently extinct species grew much larger. As of 2010, five families, 15 genera, and 101 species and subspecies of lemur were formally recognized. From 2000 through 2008, 39 new species were described and nine other taxa resurrected. By 2014, the number of species plus subspecies recognized had increased to 113; of the 105 species then known, the IUCN classified 24 as critically endangered, 49 as endangered, 20 as vulnerable, three as near threatened, three as least concern and four as data deficient; two were yet to be evaluated.
  The number of lemur species is likely to continue growing in the coming years, as field studies, cytogenetic and molecular genetic research continues. There is not complete agreement over the latest revisions to lemur taxonomy, with some experts preferring an estimated 50 lemur species.
context_section_description: Family Cheirogaleidae consists of the mouse lemurs (smallest of all primates), the dwarf lemurs, and the fork-marked lemurs and their allies. There are 37 extant species.
caption: Fork-marked lemurs are the among the largest of the cheirogaleids.
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