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Cheirogaleus medius

 #M119-20
Photographed in
Western Dry Forest, Toliara Province, Madagascar  © Karl Lehmann  
             
   

Known in English by the unwieldy but descriptive name "fat-tailed dwarf lemur", this small nocturnal primate stores sufficient fat in its tail to hibernate through the long dry season of western Madagascar.