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The '''mouse lemurs''' are [[nocturnal]] [[lemur]]s of the genus '''''Microcebus'''''. Like all lemurs, mouse lemurs are native to [[Madagascar]].<ref name="msw3">{{MSW3 Groves | id = 12100016 | heading = ''Microcebus''}}</ref>
Mouse lemurs have a combined head, body and tail length of less than {{convert|27|cm|in}}, making them the smallest primates<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/mouse_lemur/taxon|title=Primate Factsheets: Mouse lemur (Microcebus) Taxonomy, Morphology, & Ecology|work=wisc.edu}}</ref> (the smallest species being [[Madame Berthe's mouse lemur]]); however, their weight fluctuates in response to daylight duration.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Andrès | first1 = M | last2 = Gachot-Neveu | first2 = H | last3 = Perret | first3 = M | year = 2001 | title = Genetic determination of paternity in captive grey mouse lemurs: pre-copulatory sexual competition rather than sperm competition in a nocturnal prosimian? | journal = Behaviour | volume = 138 | issue = 8| pages = 1047–63 | doi=10.1163/156853901753286560}}</ref> Lemurs and mouse lemurs were announced by the IUCN as the most endangered of all vertebrates. There were two known mouse lemur species in 1992; by 2016, there were 24.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sites.biology.duke.edu/yoderlab/research_speciation.html|title=Yoder Lab – Research|work=duke.edu}}</ref> It was estimated that the 24 mouse lemur species evolved from a common ancestor 10 million years ago.
Mouse lemurs are [[omnivorous]]; their diets are diverse and include [[insect]] secretions, [[arthropod]]s, small [[vertebrate]]s, gum, [[fruit]], [[flower]]s, [[nectar]], and also leaves and [[bud]]s depending on the season.{{citation needed|date = April 2015}}
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