Mammals of Madagascar
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Nocturnal | ||
| Lemurs | ||||
| Cheirogaleidae Family -- Mouse lemurs and dwarf lemurs | ||||
| Grey mouse lemur | Microcebus murinus | x | ||
| Brown mouse lemur | Microcebus rufus | x | ||
| Pygmy mouse lemur | Microcebus myoxinus | x | ||
| Golden-brown mouse lemur | Microcebus ravelobensis | x | ||
| Hairy-eared dwarf lemur | Allocebus trichotis | x | ||
| Greater dwarf lemur | Cheirogaleus major | x | ||
| Fat-tailed dwarf lemur | Cheirogaleus medius | x | ||
| Coquerel's dwarf lemur | Mirza coquereli | x | ||
| Eastern fork-marked lemur | Phanerfurdfer furdfer | x | ||
| Pariente's fork-marked lemur | Phanerfurcifer parienti | x | ||
| Pale fork-marked lemur | Phanerfurdfer pallescens | x | ||
| Amber Mountain fork-marked lemur | Phanerfurdfer electromontis | x | ||
| Megaladapidae Family -- Weasel or Sportive lemurs | ||||
| Weasel sportive lemur | Lepilemur mustelinus | x | ||
| Small-toothed sportive lemur | Lepilemur microdon | x | ||
| Northern sportive lemur | Lepilemur septentrionalis | x | ||
| Grey-backed sportive lemur | Lepilemur dorsalis | x | ||
| Milne-Edwards sportive lemur | Lepilemur edwardsi | x | ||
| Red-tailed sportive lemur | Lepilemur ruficaudatus | x | ||
| White-footed sportive lemur | Lepilemur leucopus | x | ||
| Lemuridae Family -- True lemurs | ||||
| Eastern grey bamboo lemur | Hapalemur griseus griseus | |||
| Western grey bamboo lemur | Hapalemur griseus ocddentalis | |||
| Lake Alaotra reed lemur | Hapalemur griseus alaotrensis | |||
| Golden bamboo lemur | Hapalemur aureus | |||
| Greater bamboo lemur | Hapalemur simus | |||
| Ring-tailed lemur | lemur catta | |||
| Mongoose lemur | Eulemur mongoz | |||
| Crowned lemur | Eulemur coronatus | |||
| Red-bellied lemur | Eulemur rubriventer | |||
| Common brown lemur | Eulemurfulvus fulvus | |||
| Sanford's brown | Eulemur fulvus sandfordi | |||
| White-fronted brown lemur | Eulemur fulvus albifrons | |||
| Red-fronted brown lemur | Eulemurfulvus rufus | |||
| White-collared brown lemur | Eulemur fulvus albocollaris | |||
| Collared brown lemur | Eulemur fulvus collaris | |||
| Black lemur | Eulemur macaco macaco | |||
| Blue-eyed black lemur | Eulemur macaco flavifrons | |||
| Black-and-white ruffed lemur | Varecia variegata variegata | |||
| Red ruffed lemur | Varecia variegata rubra | |||
| Indriidae Family -- Indris | ||||
| Eastern sifaka | Sifaka laniger | |||
| Western sifaka | Sifaka occidentalis | |||
| Diademed sifaka | Propithecus diadema diadema | |||
| Milne-Edward's sifaka | Propithecus diadema edwardsi | |||
| Silky sifaka | Propithecus diadema candidus | |||
| Perrier's sifaka | Propithecus diadema perrieri | |||
| Verreaux's sifaka | Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi | |||
| Coquerel's sifaka | Propithecus verreauxi coquereli | |||
| Decken's sifaka | Propithecus verreauxi deckeni | |||
| Crowned sifaka | Propithecus verreauxi coronatus | |||
| Golden-crowned sifaka | Propithecus tattersalli | |||
| Indri | Indri indri | |||
| Dauebntoniidae Family -- Aye-aye | ||||
| Aye-aye | Daubentonia madagascariensis | x | ||
| Carnivores | ||||
| Fanaloka or striped | Fossa fossana | x | ||
| Falanouc | Eupleres goudotii | x | ||
| Fosa | Cryptoprocta ferox | |||
| Ring-tailed mongoose | Calidia elegans | |||
| Narrow-striped mongoose | Mungotictis decemlineata | |||
| Tenrecs | ||||
| Common tenrec | Tenrec ecaudatus | x | ||
| Greater hedgehog tenrec | Setifer setosus | x | ||
| Lesser hedgehog tenrec | Echinops telfairi | x | ||
| Lowland streaked tenrec | Hemicentetes semispinosus | |||
| Large-eared tenrec | Geogale aurita | x | ||
| Rodents | ||||
| Giant jumping rat | Hypogeomys antimena | x | ||
| Red forest rat | Nesomys rufus | |||
| Lowland red forest rat | Nesomys audeberti | |||
| Bats | ||||
| Madagascar flying fox | Pteropus rufus | x | ||
| Commerson's leaf-nosed bat | Hipposideros commersoni | x | ||
This table is derived from the Bradt Travel Guide to Madagascar 2001.
Mammals by region:
Dry habitats of Madagascar
Eastern habitats of Madagascar
Rainforest of Madagascar
Spiny forest of Madagascar
Western habitats of Madagascar
Vegetation zones in Madagascar