Leaping Ahead: Advances in Prosimian Biology

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
What’s in a Name? Higher Level Taxonomy of the Prosimian Primates....Pages 3-9
Species-Level Diversity Among Malagasy Lemurs....Pages 11-20
Strepsirhine Divergence Dates Estimated from Mitochondrial Gene Sequences, and the Status of Daubentonia madagascariensis ....Pages 21-32
Organismal Biology, Molecular Systematics, and Phylogenetic Reconstruction....Pages 33-39
Is Temporal Plasticity in Lemurs a Strategy for Dealing with Unpredictable or Predictable, Seasonal Environments?....Pages 41-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Life History Variation in Madagascar’s Giant Extinct Lemurs....Pages 51-59
Population Genetics, Parasitism, and Long-Term Population Dynamics of Microcebus murinus in Littoral Forest Fragments of South-Eastern Madagascar....Pages 61-69
Range Shifts of Mouse Lemurs in South-Eastern Madagascar: Evidence from Mitochondrial Genetic Data....Pages 71-77
Habitat Use by the Red Slender Loris ( Loris tardigradus tardigradus ) in Masmullah Proposed Forest Reserve in Sri Lanka....Pages 79-87
Forest Fragmentation Imperils Red Slender Lorises ( Loris tardigradus tardigradus ) in South-Western Sri Lanka....Pages 89-96
Head Posture and Visual Orientation in Loris tardigradus During Locomotion on Oblique Supports....Pages 97-104
Predation on Two Lemur Species in Sahamalaza Peninsula, North-Western Madagascar....Pages 105-110
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Preliminary Results on the Behavioral Ecology of the Hairy-Eared Dwarf Lemur ( Allocebus trichotis ) in Andasibe, Eastern Madagascar....Pages 113-120
Venus in Fur: Female Power in Mouse Lemurs Microcebus murinus and M. griseorufus ....Pages 121-126
Group Size, Composition and Stability in a Wild Population of Blue-Eyed Black Lemurs ( Eulemur flavifrons ) at Ankarafa, Sahamalaza National Park....Pages 127-136
Eviction and Troop Reconstruction in a Single Matriline of Ring-Tailed Lemurs ( Lemur catta ): What Happened When “Grandmother” Died?....Pages 137-146
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Coprolites Associated with Archaeolemur Remains in North-Western Madagascar Suggest Dietary Diversity and Cave Use in a Subfossil Prosimian....Pages 149-156
The Dental Ecology of Ring-Tailed Lemurs ( Lemur catta )....Pages 157-163
Exudates and Animal Prey Characterize Slow Loris ( Nycticebus pygmaeus, N. coucang and N. javanicus ) Diet in Captivity and After Release into the Wild....Pages 165-172
Isotopic Variability and Lemur Diet in a Dry Madagascan Forest: A Cautionary Tale....Pages 173-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Variable Energetic Strategies in Disturbed and Undisturbed Rain Forests: Eulemur rubriventer Fecal Cortisol Levels in South-Eastern Madagascar....Pages 185-195
Photoperiod-Related Changes in Thermoregulatory Capacity in Gray Mouse Lemurs (Microcebus murinus) ....Pages 197-203
Spoilt for Choice: Selection of Hibernacula by Cheirogaleus medius ....Pages 205-214
Seasonality and Behavioral Energy Strategies in Microcebus berthae and M. murinus ....Pages 215-223
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
The Ecology of Touch: Are Prosimians Special?....Pages 227-235
The Importance of Olfaction for Predator Detection in Spectral Tarsiers....Pages 237-245
Size of Olfactory Structures in Strepsirhines: Ontogenetic and Ecological Factors....Pages 247-255
The Sensory Ecology of Foraging for Animal Prey....Pages 257-263
Evolution of Auditory Sensitivity Among Strepsirhine Primates....Pages 265-270
Vocalizations of Red Slender Lorises ( Loris tardigradus tardigradus ) in Masmullah Proposed Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka....Pages 271-278
Variation in Strepsirhine Infant Isolation Calls and Its Evolutionary Implications....Pages 279-286
Primate Serenades: Call Variation, Species Diversity, and Adaptation in Nocturnal Strepsirhines....Pages 287-295
Noises in the Dark: Vocal Communication in Lepilemur ruficaudatus and Other Nocturnal Pair-Living Primates....Pages 297-304
Artificial Neural Networks: A New Tool for Studying Lemur Vocal Communication....Pages 305-313
A Quantitative Description of the Vocal Types Emitted in the Indri’s Song....Pages 315-322
What Can Virtual Vocal Tracts Tell Us About Lemur Communication?....Pages 323-330
Cognitive Capacities of Captive Gray Mouse Lemurs as Evidenced by Object Manipulation....Pages 331-340
Front Matter....Pages 341-341
Status, Distribution, and Conservation of Slender Lorises in India....Pages 343-352
Berenty Reserve: Past, Present, and Future....Pages 353-359
Berenty Reserve: Interactions Among the Diurnal Lemur Species and the Gallery Forest....Pages 361-368
Front Matter....Pages 341-341
Why Do Some Ring-Tailed Lemurs Feeding on Leucaena Not Suffer from Alopecia Syndrome?....Pages 369-375
The Impact of Alopecia Syndrome on Female Reproductive Parameters in Ring-Tailed Lemurs ( Lemur catta ) in Berenty Reserve, Madagascar....Pages 377-386
Conservation of Malagasy Prosimians: A View from the Great Red Island....Pages 387-396
Back Matter....Pages 397-409