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Did
you know that Pygmy Mouse
Lemur (Microcebus myoxinus) found on the Island
Of Madagascar, is officially the Worlds
Smallest Primate?
Did
you know that Pygmy Mouse
Lemur (Microcebus myoxinus) found on the Island
Of Madagascar, is officially the Worlds
Smallest Primate? Weighing in at about 30 grams, the Pygmy
Mouse Lemur is even smaller then the South
American Pygmy Marmoset. Like all Madagascar
Lemurs, the Pygmy Mouse Lemur is also a highly Endangered
Primate. A really cool fact that I love about these tiny Endangered
Lemurs is the fact that during the Breeding
Season the males are actually larger then the females.
During the remaining off-season, the females are larger then
the males. One reason for this added weight is like the Ruffed
Lemurs, the male Pygmy Mouse Lemur goes through a Testicular
Cycle were there testes drastically increase in size and
weight during Lemur Breeding
Season. Basically they get Big
Balls. David and I do not house these remarkable Rare
Primates here at the Tigerhomes Animal Sanctuary, but
if they are anything like an adult male Ruffed
Lemur; I am sure they exhibit very Aggressive
Behaviors as well as Possessive
Behaviors during this time with all the extra testosterone
running through their veins. Luckily, the Pygmy
Mouse Lemur Breeding Season is very short in the wild,
lasting about 1 or 2 months. REMEMBER,
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