Mongoose lemur Mongoose lemur The mongoose lemur ("Eulemur mongoz") is a small primate in the family Lemuridae, native to Madagascar and the Comoros Islands. These arboreal animals have pointed faces, long bushy tails, dark brown upper parts, pale bellies and a beard, which is reddish in males and white in females. They live in family groups and feed primarily on fruits, but also eat leaves, flowers and nectar, with nectar from the kapok tree 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
Long-tongued arboreal mouse because of its tolerance of several types of habitats, and because in the absence of any particular threats, it seems unlikely that it is declining at a sufficient rate to qualify for being included in a more threatened category. Long-tongued arboreal mouse The long-tongued arboreal mouse ("Rhagomys longilingua") is a South American rodent species of the family Cricetidae. It is found in a variety of habitats, including dense forest, in Bolivia and Peru at elevations from on the eastern side of the Andes. The species is at least partly arboreal. It is distinguished from the Brazilian arboreal mouse ("R. rufescens"),