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title: "Grey-brown Mouse Lemur"
description: "Microcebus griseorufus — Mamíferos. The reddish-gray mouse lemur (Microcebus griseorufus) also known as the gray-brown mouse lemur or rufous-gray mouse lemur, is a small, solitary-but-social, nocturnal and omnivorous primate from the Western Madagascar in the region around Beza Mahafaly Reserve, north to Lamboharana."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/grey-brown-mouse-lemur
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grey-brown Mouse Lemur

> Microcebus griseorufus — Mamíferos. The reddish-gray mouse lemur (Microcebus griseorufus) also known as the gray-brown mouse lemur or rufous-gray mouse lemur, is a small, solitary-but-social, nocturnal and omnivorous primate from the Western Madagascar in the region around Beza Mahafaly Reserve, north to Lamboharana.

- Scientific name: *Microcebus griseorufus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 89
- Wikidata: [Q1543709](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1543709)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74587](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74587)

## Names

- en: Grey-brown Mouse Lemur
- de: Graubrauner Mausmaki
- es: Lémur Ratón Rufigrís
- fr: Microcèbe gris-roux

## Countries with the most observations

MG (32)

## Summary

The reddish-gray mouse lemur (Microcebus griseorufus) also known as the gray-brown mouse lemur or rufous-gray mouse lemur, is a small, solitary-but-social, nocturnal and omnivorous primate from the Western Madagascar in the region around Beza Mahafaly Reserve, north to Lamboharana. Like the other lemur species, the reddish-grey mouse lemur is endemic to Madagascar. They generally live in the drier regions of the island. It is categorized as least concerned in the IUCN Red List.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddish-gray_mouse_lemur

## Photo

![Grey-brown Mouse Lemur](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grey-brown-mouse-lemur/medium.jpg)

Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/224206899

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/grey-brown-mouse-lemur?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).