Hairy-eared dwarf lemur

Description

The hairy-eared dwarf lemur (Allocebus trichotis),or hairy-eared mouse lemur,is one of the most scarcely known lemurs.A.trichotis is a nocturnal lemur that is endemic to Madagascar.It was originally named by Dr.Albert Günther in 1875 as Cheirogaleus trichotis as part of the Cheirogaleidae family,or the dwarf lemurs.However,in 1967 Petter-Rousseaux and Petter reassigned the lemur to its own genus and is the now only member of the genus Allocebus.The hairy-eared dwarf lemur was thought to be extinct until its rediscovery in 1989 in a northeastern primary lowland rainforest.The population of these mammals is shown to be severely decreasing and largely fragmented throughout Northern and Eastern Madagascar rainforests;most likely due to hunting,trapping,slash-and-burn agriculture as well as habitat fragmentation