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Gray mouse lemur
Microcebus murinus
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One of the world's smallest primates, this Malagasy strepsirrhine weighs only 40โ70 g with a head-body length of ~12 cm. It has soft, gray-brown dorsal fur, a paler underside, large eyes for nocturnal vision, and a white stripe between the eyes. Found in dry deciduous and secondary forests of western and southern Madagascar. Nocturnal and arboreal, it forages alone but often sleeps communally in tree holes by day. Diet is omnivorous: insects, fruits, flowers, nectar, gum, and small vertebrates. They exhibit remarkable physiological flexibility, entering daily torpor or prolonged hibernation during the cool dry season, storing fat in the tail and hindquarters. Reproduction is seasonal; gestation is ~60 days with 1โ3 offspring per litter. They can breed in their first year. Their short generation time and 8โ14 year captive lifespan make them a uniquely valuable primate model for aging, Alzheimer's disease, and neurodegenerative research. The genome has been sequenced (2n=66). IUCN: Least Concern.
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| DataID โ | Latin Name โ | Folder ID โ | Tissue โ | Title โ | Detail | QC | Analysis |
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| Data0385 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank023 | Brain cortex | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0386 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank020 | Brainstem | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0390 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank016 | Hypothalamus pituitary | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0397 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank024 | Retina | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0384 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank021 | Bone marrow | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0382 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank017 | Blood | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0400 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank001 | Spleen | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0380 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank005 | Aorta | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0389 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank011 | Heart | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0394 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank026 | Lung | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0388 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank014 | Diaphragm | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0393 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank008 | Liver | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0396 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank015 | Pancreas | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0399 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank010 | Small intestine | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0387 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank018 | Colon | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0401 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank012 | Testes | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0395 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank004 | Mammary gland | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0379 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank019 | Adipose | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0392 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank022 | Limb muscle | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0383 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank013 | Bone | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0391 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank009 | Kidney | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0381 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank006 | Bladder | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0398 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank025 | Skin | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0403 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank003 | Trachea | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0402 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank007 | Tongue | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data0404 | Microcebus murinus | Tabula_Microcebus_bioRxiv_2025_Rank002 | Uterus | A molecular cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging model primate. | QC | Analysis | |
| Data1421 | Microcebus murinus | Microcebus_murinus_NA_2024_Rank001 | Brain | Tabula Microcebus: A transcriptomic cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging primate model organism | QC | Analysis | |
| Data1422 | Microcebus murinus | Microcebus_murinus_NA_2024_Rank002 | Brain | Tabula Microcebus: A transcriptomic cell atlas of mouse lemur, an emerging primate model organism | QC | Analysis |
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