التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Lemurs and bamboos of Kalambatritra, south-east Madagascar. |
| المؤلفون: |
Rakotonirina, Laingoniaina H. F.1 laingoniaina2000@yahoo.fr, Rafalimandimby, Jean2, Ratolojanahary, Tianasoa2, Ravaloharimanitra, Maholy1, Dolch, Rainer2, King, Tony1 tonyk@aspinallfoundation.org |
| المصدر: |
Lemur News. 2017, Vol. 20, p34-37. 4p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*LEPILEMURIDAE, *ANIMAL population density, *NOCTURNAL animals, *AYE-aye (Animal) |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
MADAGASCAR |
| مستخلص: |
The Kalambatritra Massif in south-east Madagascar supports a fairly extensive expanse of forest ranging in altitude from around 1,000 to 1,750 m. We conducted a collaborative lemur inventory in the Kalambatritra Special Reserve, located in the central part of the massif, in December 2015. We observed six lemur species including Eulemur collaris, Hapalemur meridionalis, Lepilemur wrightae, Microcebus sp., Cheirogaleus sp. and Avahi sp. We found feeding signs of aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) on bamboo culms. Local people claimed that ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) still occur in the gallery forests to the west of the massif. Local people also claimed that in the east of the Reserve they had seen feeding signs on giant bamboos that might be an indication of the presence of greater bamboo lemurs (Prolemur simus). The dominant large-culmed bamboo present was Arundinaria sp., a genus known to occur at high elevations in Madagascar, and for which this record represents a southern extension to the known range of this genus in Madagascar. During nocturnal transects Kalambatritra sportive lemurs (Lepilemur wrightae) were the most frequently observed lemur. Our results confirm that the Kalambatritra Special Reserve still holds high densities of this species which currently is only known from the Kalambatritra massif. Further research is required in the Reserve to understand the factors affecting density of sportive lemurs here. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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