...Laura M. Bolt Affiliative vocalizations occur across primate taxa and may be used to maintain spatial cohesion and/or to regulate social interactions in group-living species. For gregarious strepsirhines like the ring-tailed lemur ( Lemur catta ), with large vocal repertoires and several distinct...

...Marni LaFleur; Tara A. Clarke; Kim Reuter; Toby Schaeffer Lemurs are the most threatened group of mammals on earth. Lemur catta (ring-tailed lemur) represents one of the most iconic lemur species and faces numerous anthropogenic threats in the wild. In this study, we present population estimates...

...Tessa E. Smith; Cara M. McCusker; Jeroen M.G. Stevens; Robert W. Elwood In ring-tailed lemurs, Lemur catta , the factors modulating hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) activity differ between wild and semi-free-ranging populations. Here we assess factors modulating HPA activity in ring-tailed...

...Lisa Gould; Elizabeth A. Kelley; Marni LaFleur The spiny forest ecoregion of southern and southwestern Madagascar is characterized by low annual rainfall, high temperatures, short-stature xeric vegetation and lack of canopy. Lemur catta is often the only diurnal primate persisting in this habitat...

... Lemur catta is endemic to the southern regions of Madagascar and now occupies primarily fragmented forest habitats. We examined the influence of habitat fragmentation and isolation on the genetic diversity of L. catta across 3 different forest fragments in south-central Madagascar. Our analysis revealed...

... lemur species, Lemur catta and Propithecus verreauxi . The wild L. catta were also compared to a captive population to discern the effect of habitat within a species. Gut microbial DNA was extracted from fecal samples collected in Madagascar and the Vienna Zoo and sequenced. The wild and captive L...

..., their official designation is Linnaeus' Lemur catta [Thomas, 1911]. Given the vagaries of taxonomy, the genus Lemur was originally given to the red slender loris and also included the Philippine colugo (which is not even a primate). Thomas [1911] carried out a bit of taxonomic archaeology and stated that L...

...Joyce A. Parga; Michelle L. Sauther; Frank P. Cuozzo; Ibrahim Antho Youssouf Jacky; Lisa Gould; Robert W. Sussman; Richard R. Lawler; Jennifer Pastorini Lemur catta has traditionally been considered a species with male-biased dispersal; however, occasional female dispersal occurs. Using molecular...

...Laura M. Bolt; Michelle L. Sauther; Frank P. Cuozzo; Ibrahim Antho Youssouf Jacky The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is a group-living strepsirrhine primate endemic to Madagascar that faces considerable predation pressure from aerial and terrestrial predators. This species engages in mobbing...

... history where long juvenile periods are advantageous. To test these behavioural predictions, I present a mixed longitudinal sample of observations on feeding and foraging behaviour from ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) at the Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar. Like several platyrrhine species...

...James B. Millette; Michelle L. Sauther; Frank P. Cuozzo Coat and body mass status provide a potential noninvasive way to assess primate health status as well as the effects of seasonality, resource use and reproductive state. Coat and body condition were scored visually for 36 wild Lemur catta...

... or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Ring-tailed lemurs Lemur catta Physical cognition Social cognition Comparative research Communication Social structure Understanding the evolution of cognition has been...

...Laura M. Bolt In mammals, purring has been described in mostly affiliative contexts. In the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) , both males and females purr, but only males were observed purring in agonistic contexts. In order to determine whether male ring-tailed lemurs purr as aggressive displays...

...Joyce A. Parga One commonly cited function of dispersal is to increase mating opportunities. In this study, I evaluated the hypothesis that male inter-troop transfer is used as a mating strategy in ring-tailed lemurs, Lemur catta , on St. Catherines Island (SCI), Ga., USA. I measured male mating...

...L. Gould; P. Constabel; R. Mellway; H. Rambeloarivony Primates vary in their choice or avoidance of plant foods high in condensed tannins (CT). Our study focused on CT intake in two groups of Lemur catta residing in spiny forest habitat during two reproductive periods. We examined whether L. catta...

...Ryo Oda Brief Report Folia Primatol 1996;67:40-43 Received: July 3. 1995 Accepted after revision: April 29, 1996 Predation on a Chameleon by a Ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) in the Berenty Reserve, Madagascar Ryo Oda Department of Biological Sciences (Anthropology), The University of Tokyo, Japan...

... of the ringtailed lemur’s vocal repertoire are compared to prior assessments for this species as well as for other primates. With up to 22 different adult call types, the ringtailed lemur has a moderately large vocal repertoire for a primate. Vocal repertoire Ringtailed lemur Lemur catta Communication...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Female dominance Feeding priority Sexual differences Agonistic interactions Lemur catta Lemur fulvus Folia Primatol 1990;55:92-95 © 1990 S. Kargcr AG, Basel 0015...

... grooming and higher agonistic interaction rates. I observed the social behavior of single troops of the closely related species Varecia variegata, which supposedly occur in small family groups, and Lemur fulvus and Lemur catta, which form multimale associations. The V. variegata group was significantly...

...C.J. Howarth; J.M. Wilson; A.P. Adamson; M.E. Wilson; M.J. Boase The diurnal lemurs Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi and Lemur catta at Berenty in southern Madagascar, have been studied for the last 30 years. The August 1981 census indicates that the population size of L. catta remains stable at 150...