An endangered lemur has a larger range than originally believed but is still at risk due to forest fragmentation and land clearing, reports a study published in the journal Primate Conservation.
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May 06, 2013 by Mongabay.com | No comments
Lemur has unexpectedly wide range, diversity of color variations
May 02, 2013 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Hibernating primates: scientists discover three lemur species sleep like bears
Bears do it, bats do it, and now we know lemurs do it too: hibernate, that is. Since 2005, scientists have known that the western fat-tailed dwarf lemur hibernates, but a new study in Scientific Reports finds that hibernation is
March 27, 2013 by Mongabay.com | No comments
2 ‘giant’ yet tiny mouse lemurs identified in Madagascar
Scientists have discovered two new species of mouse lemurs in Madagascar, bringing the total number of diminutive primates known to science to 20.
March 27, 2013 by Mongabay.com | No comments
2 ‘giant’ yet tiny mouse lemurs identified in Madagascar
Scientists have discovered two new species of mouse lemurs in Madagascar, bringing the total number of diminutive primates known to science to 20.
March 26, 2013 by Mongabay.com | No comments
Researchers sequence Aye-aye genome – lemur is more genetically diverse than humans
Scientists sequenced the genome of the aye-aye, a bizarre lemur species, for the first time. The research is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
January 17, 2013 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Bloodsucking flies help scientists identify rare, hard-to-find mammals
Last year scientists released a study that is likely to revolutionize how conservationists track elusive species. Researchers extracted the recently sucked blood of terrestrial leeches in Vietnam's remote Annamite Mountains and looked at the DNA of wha...
December 03, 2012 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Despite small brains, gray mouse lemurs use calls to avoid inbreeding
As a small-brained and largely solitary primate, the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) wasn't supposed to have the capacity to distinguish the calls of its kin calls from other lemurs. However, a new study in BMC Ecology, finds that a
November 13, 2012 by Mongabay.com | No comments
Greater bamboo lemur removed from ‘most endangered primates’ list
Madagascar's greater bamboo lemur has been removed from the list of the world's 25 most endangered primates after conservationists discovered previously unknown populations of the rare creature, according to the Aspinall Foundation, a charity that set ...
November 13, 2012 by Mongabay.com | No comments
Greater bamboo lemur removed from ‘most endangered primates’ list
Madagascar's greater bamboo lemur has been removed from the list of the world's 25 most endangered primates after conservationists discovered previously unknown populations of the rare creature, according to the Aspinall Foundation, a charity that set ...
October 15, 2012 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
The world’s 25 most endangered primates: nearly a quarter in Madagascar
A coalition of conservation groups released the biannual Top 25 Primates list today, including nine species not appearing on the 2010 list, at the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Hyderabad, India. Madagascar tops the list as home to
