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Mongoose lemur

Eulemur mongoz (Linnaeus, 1766)

CRCritically Endangeredprimates

The mongoose lemur (Eulemur mongoz) is a species in the family Lemuridae, order Primates. Recorded adults weigh 1.6 kg to 1.92 kg and live up to 30 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Critically Endangered.

Mongoose lemur (Eulemur mongoz)
Photo: Lea Maimone · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the mongoose lemur

Weight
1.6 kg – 1.92 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
30 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
36.2 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
129 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
1.11src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
2.18 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the mongoose lemur live?

Not recorded

What is the mongoose lemur?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The mongoose lemur (Eulemur mongoz) is a small primate in the family Lemuridae, native to Madagascar and introduced to the Comoros Islands. These arboreal animals have pointed faces, long, bushy tails, dark-brown upper parts, pale bellies, and beards, which are reddish in males and white in females. They live in family groups and feed primarily on fruit, but also eat leaves, flowers, and nectar, with nectar from Ceiba pentandra trees making up a large part of their diet during the dry season. They have declined sharply in numbers because of habitat destruction and hunting, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated their conservation status as "critically endangered".

From the Wikipedia article “Mongoose lemur” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mongoose_lemur&oldid=1356979850), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the mongoose lemur endangered?

The mongoose lemur is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Critically Endangered species.

How is the mongoose lemur classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderPrimates
  5. familyLemuridae
  6. genusEulemur
  7. SpeciesEulemur mongoz (Linnaeus, 1766)

Synonyms Lemur albimanus, Lemur cuvieri, Lemur dubius, Lemur mongoz, Lemur nigrifrons, Prosimia brissonii, Prosimia bugi, Prosimia micromongoz, Prosimia ocularis

Other names and names in other languages (23)
  • ليمور نمسيArabic
  • lemur mongozCzech
  • MangustmakiDanish
  • MongozmakiGerman
  • MongozGerman
  • Lemur MangostaSpanish
  • yömakiFinnish
  • Maki MongozFrench
  • Lémur mongosFrench
  • Lémur MongozFrench
  • Lemure mongozItalian
  • Lemure mangustaItalian
  • マングースキツネザルJapanese
  • DredrikaMalagasy
  • MungomakiNorwegian Bokmål
  • MangustlemurNorwegian Bokmål
  • MungolemurNorwegian Bokmål
  • lemuria manguściaPolish
  • Lêmure-mangustoPortuguese
  • МонгоRussian
  • МонгоцRussian
  • Мангустовый лемурRussian
  • ลีเมอร์พังพอนThai

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the mongoose lemur

Other species in the same genus Eulemur.

VU, Vulnerable
Red lemur (Eulemur rufus)

Red lemur

Eulemur rufus

Lemuridae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the mongoose lemur?

An adult mongoose lemur weighs 1.6 kg – 1.92 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the mongoose lemur endangered?

The mongoose lemur is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the mongoose lemur live?

The mongoose lemur has a recorded lifespan of 30 years.

How long is the mongoose lemur pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 129 days.

What kind of animal is the mongoose lemur?

The mongoose lemur (Eulemur mongoz) belongs to the family Lemuridae in the order Primates.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mongoose lemur (Eulemur mongoz). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mongoose-lemur

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{mongoose_lemur_2026,
  title = {Mongoose lemur (Eulemur mongoz)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mongoose-lemur},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}