Suborder: Prosimii | Infraorder: Lemuriformes | Superfamily: Lemuroidea | Family: Cheirogaleidae | Subfamily: Cheirogaleinae

The subfamily of Cheirogaleinae includes the smallest living primate, the pygmy mouse lemur, which only weighs about an ounce (30.6 grams). Fat-tailed dwarf lemurs are the only primates known to hibernate, which they do during the dry season for up to 6 months. The diets of dwarf and mouse lemurs consist of plant matter, fruit and insects. They are all nocturnal? and arboreal?.

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