Lemur catta (Primates: Lemuridae)

Wilson, Don E.; Hanlon, Elizabeth

doi:10.1644/854.1

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“…Similar results emerged also from literature on other non‐human primates, such as M. leonina [Zhao et al, ] and P. anubis [Vauclair et al, ]. However, given that most of the ring‐tailed lemurs considered in this study were adult (>3 years, age of sexual maturity [Garbutt, ; Wilson & Hanlon, ]), this result should be interpreted carefully. Further studies including colonies with a greater variation in age composition need to be done.…”

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“…It has been reported that right handedness is more common among terrestrial compared to habitually arboreal non‐human primate species, due to the liberation of the hands from the duties of postural support constraints characterizing the life on trees [Hopkins et al, ; MacNeilage et al, ; Meguerditchian et al, ]. Among strepsirrhines, the ring‐tailed lemur has been considered one of the most terrestrial species, spending approximately one third of the average day on the ground [Jolly, ; Sussman, ; Wilson & Hanlon, ]. The terrestrial habits of this species might therefore explain the tendency toward the right hand use reported in the current study.…”

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“…Ring‐tailed lemurs live in multi‐male/‐female social groups of about 11–35 individuals [Sussman, ]. Importantly, among strepsirrhines, ring‐tailed lemurs are the most terrestrial [Jolly, ; Wilson & Hanlon, ], spending 33% of average day on the ground [Sussman, ]. In addition, the terrestrial locomotion modes of the ring‐tailed lemur are different from those of other lemuriform species in that it sporadically rise on the hind legs and walk bipedally [Milliken et al, ].…”

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Hand preference on unimanual and bimanual tasks in strepsirrhines: The case of the ring‐tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

Regaiolli

Spiezio

Hopkins

2016

American J Primatol

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Assessing manual lateralization in non-human primates could be an optimal way to understand the adaptive value of this asymmetry in humans. Though many studies have investigated hand preferences in Old and New World monkeys and apes, fewer studies have considered manual lateralization in strepsirrhines, especially in experimental tasks. This study investigated hand preferences for a unimanual and a bimanual task of 17 captive ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta), housed at Parco Natura Viva (VR), Italy. The effect of age on handedness has been also investigated. The lemurs were tested on a unimanual task, in which subjects were restricted to using one hand to retrieve the food inside an apparatus, and on a bimanual task, in which lemurs had to use one hand to keep the apparatus door open while reaching with the other hand to retrieve the food inside it. At the population-level, our results revealed an asymmetrical hand use distribution, in particular a bias toward a right hand preference for food reaching in both the unimanual and the bimanual tasks. Furthermore, at the individual-level, the bimanual task seems to elicit a greater hand preference than the unimanual task. Results of this study underline the importance of experimental tasks in determining hand preference in strepsirrhines. Furthermore, as bimanual tasks elicited a stronger degree of lateralization, they appear to be more suited to investigate manual laterality. Finally, findings from this study highlight the presence of a right hand preference in ring-tailed lemurs, shedding new light on the evolution of human right handedness. Am. J. Primatol. 78:851-860, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Hand preference on unimanual and bimanual tasks in strepsirrhines: The case of the ring‐tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

Regaiolli

Spiezio

Hopkins

2016

American J Primatol

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“…We conducted the co‐feeding experiments with two species of lemurs, ringtailed ( Lemur catta ) and redfronted lemurs ( Eulemur rufifrons ). Both species live in multi‐male, multi‐female groups and have similar body size, brain size, and diets (Isler et al., ; Johnson, ; Wilson & Hanlon, ). However, they differ in their social structure (Pereira & Kappeler, ), which makes them well suited for this study.…”

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Measuring social tolerance: An experimental approach in two lemurid primates

2017

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Social tolerance crucially affects the life of group-living animals as it can influence, among other things, their competitive regimes, access to food, learning behavior, and recruitment. However, social tolerance tests were mainly conducted in semi-free or captive populations, and we know little about the behavioral mechanisms and consequences of social tolerance under natural conditions. We therefore developed a cofeeding experiment to measure social tolerance in groups of wild and captive animals across two primate species. Specifically, we recorded the social tolerance level of redfronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons, four wild, one captive group) and ringtailed lemurs (Lemur catta, three wild, three captive groups) by presenting a clumped food resource in an experimental arena, and recorded patterns of resource use during the experiment. Because redfronted lemurs exhibit lower levels of decided conflicts than ringtailed lemurs, we predicted that they would be socially more tolerant. The probability for an individual to feed in the arena was higher in redfronted lemurs than in ringtailed lemurs. In addition, in both species, the probability for an individual to feed in the arena was higher in the captive populations than in their wild counterparts, suggesting that proximate factors, such as a relaxation of feeding competition in captivity, may adapt species-specific levels of social tolerance to local levels of food availability.Hence, the number of individuals co-feeding on a valuable food resource appears to be a useful proxy of social tolerance that could be measured with this experimental setup in other wild and captive species as well. K E Y W O R D Slemurs, primates, social tolerance, sociality

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“…The ring-tailed lemur scientific designation was initially quite lively and included names like Catta mococo , Maki mococo, Prosimia catta and even Odorlemur catta , [Wilson and Hanlon, 2010], the latter no doubt reflecting their dramatic 'stink fights'. Of course, their official designation is Linnaeus' Lemur catta [Thomas, 1911].…”

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Ring-Tailed Lemurs: A Species Re-Imagined

Sauther¹,

Gould²,

Cuozzo³

et al. 2015

IJFP

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For over 50 years, ring-tailed lemurs have been studied continuously in the wild. As one of the most long-studied primate species, the length and breadth of their study is comparable to research on Japanese macaques, baboons and chimpanzees. They are also one of the most broadly observed of all primates, with comprehensive research conducted on their behaviour, biology, ecology, genetics, palaeobiology and life history. However, over the last decade, a new generation of lemur scholars, working in conjunction with researchers who have spent decades studying this species, have greatly enhanced our knowledge of ring-tailed lemurs. In addition, research on this species has expanded beyond traditional gallery forest habitats to now include high altitude, spiny thicket, rocky outcrop and anthropogenically disturbed coastal forest populations. The focus of this special volume is to ‘re-imagine' the ‘flagship species of Madagascar', bringing together three generations of lemur scholars.

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Lemur catta (Primates: Lemuridae)

Cited by 13 publications

References 113 publications

Hand preference on unimanual and bimanual tasks in strepsirrhines: The case of the ring‐tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

Hand preference on unimanual and bimanual tasks in strepsirrhines: The case of the ring‐tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

Measuring social tolerance: An experimental approach in two lemurid primates

Ring-Tailed Lemurs: A Species Re-Imagined

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