Lemurs On Their Tails Research Paper

This is a summary of the video we saw on the fifth of july’s lecture about John Cleese’s documentary about lemurs. He went on a three week expedition to the forest of Madagascar, to follow five black and white lemurs known as”Carolina five” that were born into captivity and then released into the rainforest. The video discusses the characteristics of several primate species. Lemur behaviors shown include bipedalism, leaping, climbing, playing, sunning, eating, feeding, vocalization, clinging, grooming, and defecation.

First, the appearance of a Black-Footed Ferret is langy. They have a long tan body, short black legs, partially black face, and a large head/skull. It has a strong jaw for tearing meat. They have small legs, but powerful with big front paws fitted for digging.Their face looks as if it has a black mask.

This paper will discuss primate morphology for the Lemur catta, also known as the ring tailed lemur, what characterizes them as primates, how they react in their environment, and their social and adaptive behaviors in that environment. The Lemur catta and it is only found in the island of Madagascar, as well as off the coast of southeast Africa. In Madagascar, they reside in the southeastern portion anywhere from sea level, up to 8530 feet high. Their environment consists mainly of tropical forested area in the proximity of nine forests: Andohahela, Andringitra, Ankilitelo, Berenty, Beza Mahafaly, Isalo, Tsimanampetsotsa, Tsirave, and Zombitse (Godfrey et al. 1998). According to the National Primate Research Center (pin.primate.wisc.edu), they also have a variety of habitats for example rainforests, spiny bush forests, subalpine, deciduous, and gallery. However, a lot of their habitat has been affected by constant human contact; agricultural clearing, deforestation, and burning to produce charcoal. The Lemur catta need to be able to hide in the forest and they are not very good at adapting to new environments so they depend a lot on the forested areas. The southwest part of Madagascar is very prone to droughts and they can have serious effects on the habitats of ring-tailed lemurs and other mammals. I will discuss what makes the Lemur catta a primate and the primate characteristics that they possess. Then, I will express the specialized, physical characteristics that they

They were discovered in the kindly forest in western Madagascar an island east coast of Africa. Even though they can be found in almost all parts of the forest most of them only stay in a “small space of 220 square kilometers and never near the north part of the Tsiribihina River”(Lane). But they also inhabit the Reserve Speciale d'Andranomena since they are endangered having most of them rescued and placed there. Madame Berthe Mouse Lemur’s choice of food changes depending on what the seasons are and what's offered during those seasons. Since Microcebus berthae are omnivores they will go hunt for insects, find different fruits and flowers like fruits of mistletoe, eat insect secretions, gum arthropods and small vertebrates like geckos and chameleons. The choice of their food doesn’t really change from season to season even though their choices of food is so little. Microcebus berthae is known to be the smallest animals on earth with “height ranging between 8.6 to 12.9 cm for both male and female”(Gron KJ). And With their “weight ranging from 30.6 to 71.1

Ring-Tailed Lemurs vs. Humans Ring-Tailed Lemurs and humans are not a likely pair to come to mind when thinking about animals that are similar. However,Ring-Tailed lemurs and humans have a lot more in common than one might think. However, Ring-Tailed Lemurs and humans also have copious differences in aforementioned aspects of genetics, classification, anatomy, and physiology, as well as in other areas such as behaviors, diet, and habitat. How are Humans and Ring-Tailed Lemurs similar?

Nutria have a yellow and brown coat with thick and lush fur undercoat, it looks shaggy and unappealing to most but is also very warm. They are hunted for their fur and have been transported

The Coquerel’s Sifaka (Propithecus verrauxi coquerii) is a species of lemur found exclusively in Madagascar. Their bodies are covered in thick, coarse fur that is white on their torsos and dark reddish brown on their fore- and hindlimbs, with dark faces and white noses. P. coquerii are a diurnal species of folivorous and frugivorous primates that live in either deciduous or evergreen forests, and typically weigh 3.4-3.6 kg. Females are dominant over males, and they typically congregate in one male-one female mating pairs or multi-male multi-female social groups. Males will compete for dominance in order to be able to mate with females in the group. Lemurs exhibit more scent-marking behaviors than most other primates, and use their throat, wrist, and anogenital glands to scent mark their habitats and signal to other lemurs.

Ashley - Her tail is as black as night shadows on deep waters blurring into an ombre of red, the shade of blood. But not freshly spilled blood, but rather the searing red of old blood. It is marked with unclean black stripes.

This documentary, Madagascar, Lemurs and Spies, was touching both in terms of realization of what is at stakes here and the overall separation there is between our society and what happens in the most biodiverse places on the planet Earth. The overall combination of beautiful landscapes from Madagascar, the sensibility and love for these animals shown by the scholar living there and the constant danger and drama present in this situation of conservatism on this Island produce a perfect accord for a great documentary.

The Ring Tailed Lemur, is infamously known for it’s 60 cm long, white and black striped tail. The Lemur’s underside, hands, feet, and the majority of it’s face are white. The face also has a black muzzle as well as black rings around the eyes. The rest of this particular Lemur’s body is either a light gray or a dark brown, either prominent color having a reddish tint to it. Both male and female Lemurs are about the same size which is approximately 42.5 cm.

These pantherine-like species had thin, purple fur, pointed ears, and flat noses with needle sharp teeth.

on ground or climbing in trees. Most lemurs only like climbing in trees. The ring-tailed

Males can weigh up to more than twice as much as females and be more longer. They have a coat that is a cream color with back layers. In winter their coats are thick smooth and glossy. In the summers they shed there coats which becomes thin and faded and they lose the winter gloss. Polecats have a raccoon like dark mask around their eyes and white are there ear's. Polecats have a pair of anal glands that emits a strong smell. When polecats are excited or threatened they release some of the glands. Polecats are lean,and have short legs which are for climbing trees . Their skulls are box like and it's also more canine,like other weasels; their faces more closely resemble minks than weasels. European polecats show a lock position with there jaws where the jaw joint between the teeth and the rest of the skull is nearly closed off very difficultly and hard to separate and death occurs.

The Aye-Aye is a type of lemur, although it looks like a mixture of several different animals in my opinion. It has incisors like a rodent. It also has claws like a sloth. Face like a weasel, and a body like a monkey

Moving forward, ring tailed lemurs showed the greatest amount of ALTRUISM. They kindly groomed each other for an extensive amount of time, showing a great bond between one another. Also, their ability to move quickly and jump high showed off their MOTOR