Reddish-gray mouse lemur

Weight

70.2 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

15.5 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

18.2 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

60.3 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

2.41src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

7.98 months – 9.83 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Arborealsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The reddish-gray mouse lemur is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

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 Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderPrimates
5. familyCheirogaleidae
6. genusMicrocebus
7. SpeciesMicrocebus griseorufus Kollman, 1910

Synonyms Microcebus minor

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Gray mouse lemur

Microcebus murinus

Cheirogaleidae

CR, Critically Endangered

Madame Berthe's mouse lemur

Microcebus berthae

Cheirogaleidae

VU, Vulnerable

Pygmy mouse lemur

Microcebus myoxinus

Cheirogaleidae

VU, Vulnerable

Brown mouse lemur

Microcebus rufus

Cheirogaleidae

G

Gerp's mouse lemur

Microcebus gerpi

CheirogaleidaeNo free photo yet

G

Goodman's mouse lemur

Microcebus lehilahytsara

CheirogaleidaeNo free photo yet

CompareReddish-gray mouse lemur vs Gray mouse lemurReddish-gray mouse lemur vs Madame Berthe's mouse lemurReddish-gray mouse lemur vs Pygmy mouse lemurReddish-gray mouse lemur vs Brown mouse lemur

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@misc{reddish_gray_mouse_lemur_2026,
  title = {Reddish-gray mouse lemur (Microcebus griseorufus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/reddish-gray-mouse-lemur},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}