Characteristics Cheirogaleids are smaller than the other lemurs and, in fact, they are the smallest primates. They have soft, long fur, colored grey-brown to reddish on top, with a generally brighter underbelly. Typically, they have small ears, large, close-set eyes, and long hind legs. Like all strepsirrhines, they have fine claws at the second toe of the hind legs. They grow to a size of only 13 to 28 cm, with a tail that is very long, sometimes up to one and a half times as long as the body. They weigh no more than 500 grams, with some species weighing as little as 60 grams.
characteristics cheirogaleids are smaller than the other lemurs and in fact they are the smallest primates they have soft long fur colored grey-brown to reddish on top with a generally brighter underbelly typically they have small ears large close-set eyes and long hind legs like all strepsirrhines they have fine claws at the second toe of the hind legs they grow to a size of only 13 to 28 cm with a tail that is very long sometimes up to one and a half times as long as the body they weigh no more than 500 grams with some species weighing as little as 60 grams