Eastern lesser bamboo lemur  (Hapalemur griseus)

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Glossary

  • Cathemeral: active intermittently throughout the day and night, rather than exclusively during the day or night.
  • Diurnal: active during the day.
  • Endemic: a species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
  • Gestation: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth.
  • Montane forest: forest occurring in the montane zone, a zone of cool upland slopes below the tree line dominated by large evergreen trees.
  • Subspecies: a population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.
  • Territorial: an animal, a pair of animals or a colony that occupies and defends an area.
  • Territory: an area occupied and defended by an animal, a pair of animals or a colony.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (March, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org/
  2. Macdonald, D.W. (2006) The Encyclopedia of Mammals.Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  3. Garbutt, N. (1999) Mammals of Madagascar.Pica Press, Sussex.
  4. CITES (March, 2009)
    http://www.cites.org
  5. Mittermeier, R.A., Konstant, W.R., Hawkins, F., Louis, E.E., Langrand, O., Ratsimbazafy, J., Rasoloarison, R., Ganzhorn, J.U., Rajaobelina, S., Tattersall, I. and Meyers, D.M. (2006) Lemurs of Madagascar. Second Edition.Conservation International, Washington, DC.
  6. Nowak, R.M. (1991) Walker’s Mammals of the World.The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
  7. Haring, D. and Davis, K. (1998) Management of the grey gentle or eastern lesser bamboo lemur Hapalemur griseus griseus at Duke University Primate Center, Durham. International Zoo Yearbook, 36: 20 - 34.
  8. Tan, C.L. (2006) Behavior and ecology of gentle lemurs (genus Hapalemur). In: Gould, L. and Sauther, M.L. (Eds) Lemurs: Ecology and Adaptation.Springer, New York.
  9. Tan, C.L. (1999) Group composition, home range size, and diet of three sympatric bamboo lemur species (genus Hapalemur) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. International Journal of Primatology, 20 (4): 547 - 566.
  10. Fleagle, J.G. (1999) Primate Adaptation and Evolution. Second Edition.Academic Press, New York.
  11. Overdorff, D.J., Strait, S.G. and Telo, A. (1997) Seasonal variation in activity and diet in a small-bodied folivorous primate, Hapalemur griseus, in southeastern Madagascar. American Journal of Primatology, 43: 211 - 223.
  12. Mittermeier, W., Konstant, R., Nicoll, M.E. and Langrand, O. (1992) Lemurs of Madagascar: An Action Plan for their Conservation.IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
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