A ring-tailed lemur.

All creatures great and small in our ever popular animal gallery.

The Pygmy Mouse Lemur (Microcebus myoxinus), also known as the Peters' mouse lemur or dormouse lemur, is a primate weighing only 43–55 g (1.5–1.9 oz); it is the second smallest of the mouse lemurs. Its dorsal side is a rufous-brown color, and creamy-white ventrally. It lives in dry deciduous forests. The pygmy mouse lemur measures around 12–13 cm (4.7–5.1 in) (head-body length). Its small size and nocturnal nature made it difficult to locate for over a century, and was rediscovered in the Kirin

Ring-Tailed Lemurs Photo credit: Mathias Appel via Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/mathiasappel/18066079466/in/datepos...

Ring-tailed lemur Lémur de cola anillada (Lemur catta)