The socioecology of the ringtailed lemur: Thirty-five years of research

Sauther, Michelle L.; Sussman, Robert W.; Gould, Lisa

doi:10.1002/(sici)1520-6505(1999)8:4<120::aid-evan3>3.0.co;2-o

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“…Lemur catta is diurnal, spends a significant portion of its time in visually open, terrestrial habitats, and is the most socially complex of the strepsirrhine primates, living in relatively large multimaleemultifemale groups (Sauther, Sussman, & Gould, 1999) that exceed the size of Eulemur groups (Curtis & Zaramody, 1999). Lemur catta arguably possesses one of the most complex olfactory repertoires of any of the strepsirrhines (Schilling, 1974), which, like that of sifakas (Lewis, 2006), includes the use of composite, multimodal signals (Drea & Scordato, 2008).…”

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Socioecological and phylogenetic patterns in the chemical signals of strepsirrhine primates

delBarco‐Trillo

Drea

2014

Animal Behaviour

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Socioecological and phylogenetic patterns in the chemical signals of strepsirrhine primates

delBarco‐Trillo

Drea

2014

Animal Behaviour

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“…Lemur catta females exclusively use genital secretions to mark the environment (Jolly, 1966;Sauther et al, 1999). Female marking is widely used in inter-group (between competing groups) and intra-group communication (communication of reproductive status and maintenance of linear hierarchical relationships among females which always dominate over males) (Mertl-Millhollen, 2006;Palagi et al, 2003;Palagi et al, 2004).…”

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Females do it better. Individual recognition experiments reveal sexual dimorphism in Lemur catta (Linnaeus 1758) olfactory motivation and territorial defence

Palagi

Dapporto²

2007

Journal of Experimental Biology

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SUMMARY In this paper, we aim at demonstrating individual recognition of female genital marking in Lemur catta. By gas chromatography and behavioural trials we verified the occurrence of the three components of recognition systems. We showed that each female has a unique chemical signature(expression component), and males and females perceive female individuality(perception component). To verify the presence of the action component (the last component of recognition systems), we designed a bioassay based on territorial competition to verify the functional response to female odours. Only females identified other females on the basis of their scents. The lack of a territorial functional response by males to female secretions may not indicate a male inability to identify females by their scents. In fact, sexual dimorphism in motivation and territorial defence may explain the response by males in the functional experiment. Actually, game theory predicts that males defend their own territories more vigorously against males compared with females. Therefore, the result of individual recognition bioassays of female odours may open interesting scenarios in the evaluation of the territorial defence investment across the different sex combinations.

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“…First, lemurs branched from the main primate lineage in the early Eocene (50 million years ago) but are believed to retain many traits of ancestral primates and thus hint at the evolution of primate visuosocial behavior (Richard 1995). Second, lemurs are trichromats (Sauther et al 1999), have a large binocular field of 114-130° and are diurnal, despite the presence of a tapetum lucidum (Richard 1995). They live in open scrubland in societies whose complexity approaches that of anthropoid primates (Sauther et al 1999).…”

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“…Second, lemurs are trichromats (Sauther et al 1999), have a large binocular field of 114-130° and are diurnal, despite the presence of a tapetum lucidum (Richard 1995). They live in open scrubland in societies whose complexity approaches that of anthropoid primates (Sauther et al 1999). Specifically, they form bisexual aggregations of 10-20 individuals which are characterized by well-defined social hierarchies and extensive use of auditory, olfactory, and visual communication (Sauther et al 1999).…”

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“…They live in open scrubland in societies whose complexity approaches that of anthropoid primates (Sauther et al 1999). Specifically, they form bisexual aggregations of 10-20 individuals which are characterized by well-defined social hierarchies and extensive use of auditory, olfactory, and visual communication (Sauther et al 1999). The importance of both olfaction and vision to social communication in this species is strikingly embodied by the large, high-contrast, muskloaded ringtail that serves as the species' namesake.…”

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Noninvasive telemetric gaze tracking in freely moving socially housed prosimian primates

Shepherd

Platt

2006

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Behavioral and neurophysiological studies strongly suggest that visual orienting reflects the integration of sensory, motor, and motivational variables with behavioral goals. Relatively little is known, however, regarding the goals that govern visual orienting of animals in their natural environments. Field observations suggest that most nonhuman primates orient to features of their natural environments whose salience is dictated by the visual demands of foraging, locomotion and social interaction. This hypothesis is difficult to test quantitatively, however, in part because accurate gaze-tracking technology has not been employed in field studies. We here report the implementation of a new, telemetric, infrared-video gaze-tracker (ISCAN) to measure visual orienting in freelymoving, socially-housed prosimian primates (Lemur catta). Two male lemurs tolerated the system at approximately ¼ body weight, permitting successful measurements of gaze behavior during spontaneous locomotion through both terrestrial and arboreal landscapes, and in both social and asocial environments.

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The socioecology of the ringtailed lemur: Thirty-five years of research

Cited by 211 publications

References 82 publications

Socioecological and phylogenetic patterns in the chemical signals of strepsirrhine primates

Socioecological and phylogenetic patterns in the chemical signals of strepsirrhine primates

Females do it better. Individual recognition experiments reveal sexual dimorphism in Lemur catta (Linnaeus 1758) olfactory motivation and territorial defence

Noninvasive telemetric gaze tracking in freely moving socially housed prosimian primates

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