Goodman’s Mouse Lemur vs Holywood

Microcebus lehilahytsara compared with Guaiacum sanctum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goodman’s Mouse Lemur	Holywood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Zygophyllales (Zygophyllales)
Family	Cheirogaleidae	Zygophyllaceae
Genus	Microcebus	Guaiacum
Species	Microcebus lehilahytsara	Guaiacum sanctum

Conservation Status

Goodman’s Mouse Lemur

NT — Near Threatened

Holywood

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goodman’s Mouse Lemur	Holywood
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Goodman’s Mouse Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Holywood

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and United States. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.