Out of the Jungle: New lemurs found in Madagascar’s forests

The family of the world’s smallest primate just got a little bigger. U.S. and Malagasy primatologists have discovered a new species of mouse lemur, an arboreal, fist-size animal on the African island of Madagascar, the home of all lemurs.

POCKET PRIMATE. A member of a newly described species of mouse lemur, Microcebus lehilahytsara, eyes the world from a zookeeper’s hand.