Furry-eared dwarf lemur

{{Short description|Species of lemur}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Furry-eared dwarf lemur

| image = Crossley's dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus crossleyi) Ranomafana.jpg

| image_caption = in Ranomafana National Park

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Blanco, M. |author2=Borgerson, C. |author3=Dolch, R. |author4=Donati, G. |author5=Ganzhorn, J. |author6=Greene, L.K. |author7=Le Pors, B. |author8=Lewis, R. |author9=Louis, E.E. |author10=Rafalinirina, H.A. |author11=Raharivololona, B. |author12=Rakotoarisoa, G. |author13=Ralison, J. |author14=Randriahaingo, H.N.T. |author15=Rasoloarison, R.M. |author16=Razafindrasolo, M. |author17=Sgarlata, G.M. |author18=Wright, P. |author19=Zaonarivelo, J. |date=2020 |title=Cheirogaleus crossleyi |volume=2020 |page=e.T163021377A115581154 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T163021377A115581154.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| status2 = CITES_A1

| status2_system = CITES

| status2_ref = {{cite book | last1 = Harcourt | first1 = C. | editor-last1 = Thornback | editor-first1 = J | title = Lemurs of Madagascar and the Comoros: The IUCN Red Data Book | publisher = World Conservation Union | year = 1990 | isbn = 978-2-88032-957-0 | oclc = 28425691 | url = https://archive.org/details/lemursofmadagasc90harc | format = PDF }}

| taxon = Cheirogaleus crossleyi

| authority = A. Grandidier, 1870{{MSW3 Groves | pages = 111–112|id=12100010}}

| synonyms =

• melanotis Forsyth Major, 1894

| range_map = Cheirogaleus crossleyi range map.svg

| range_map_caption = Furry-eared dwarf lemur range

}}

File:Crossley's dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus crossleyi) Ranomafana 2.jpg

The furry-eared dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus crossleyi), or Crossley's dwarf lemur, only found on the island of Madagascar, as with all other lemurs. It has a pelage coloration that is red-brown dorsally and gray ventrally. The eye-rings of this species are blackish and the ears are black inside and out.{{Cite journal |last=Groves |first=Colin P. |date=2000-12-01 |title=The Genus Cheirogaleus: Unrecognized Biodiversity in Dwarf Lemurs |url=https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005559012637 |journal=International Journal of Primatology |language=en |volume=21 |issue=6 |pages=943–962 |doi=10.1023/A:1005559012637 |issn=1573-8604}} Cheirogaleus crossleyi species are obligated to hibernate during periods of food scarcity on the island of Madagascar. Cheirogaleus crossleyi species specifically undergo drastic fluctuations in temperature during hibernation.{{Cite journal|last1=Blanco|first1=Marina B.|last2=Rahalinarivo|first2=Vololonirina|date=11 September 2010|title=First direct evidence of hibernation in an eastern dwarf lemur species (Cheirogaleus crossleyi) from the high-altitude forest of Tsinjoarivo, central-eastern Madagascar|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00114-010-0707-6|journal=Naturwissenschaften|language=en|volume=97|issue=10|pages=945–950|doi=10.1007/s00114-010-0707-6|pmid=20835697 |bibcode=2010NW.....97..945B |s2cid=238430 |issn=0028-1042}}