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1.
Naoki Koyama 《Primates; journal of primatology》1988,29(2):163-175
The mating behavior of ring-tailed lemurs at Berenty, Madagascar, was observed in April 1982. Although Troop A included five
adult females, only two were observed to mate. The mating period covered two consecutive days, April 24 and 25. Each female
was receptive for about 4 hr. Data from 47 copulations, of which 38 were with ejaculation, suggest that to be the first mating
partner is of importance for male ring-tailed lemurs. Previously it has been suggested that male dominance is of little significance
in determining mating partners. In this investigation it was observed that the second most dominant male MK was always the
first mating partner. Only after several ejaculations and resultant fatigue did he lose possession of the female to lower
ranking males, and the first ranking male was not seen to copulate with either female at any time. These results suggest that
a male's mating success is partly, but not completely correlated with his dominance rank, and that other factors, including
his length of residence in the group and female choice, also determine patterns of mating. 相似文献
2.
Koyama N Aimi M Kawamoto Y Hirai H Go Y Ichino S Takahata Y 《Primates; journal of primatology》2008,49(1):9-15
In 1999, we measured the body mass of 101 wild ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) inhabiting the Berenty Reserve, Madagascar. In addition, we counted the number of ticks [Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) lemuris Hoogstraal, 1953] infesting their facial skin and external auditory meatuses. For both males and females, the body mass appeared
to increase until the age of 3 years. With the apparent exception of infants, there were no sexual differences in body mass.
Within a group, higher-ranked adult males tended to be heavier than lower-ranked males. In contrast, there was no consistent
correlation between the body mass of females and their ranks. Among the study groups, there was a small difference in body
mass and significant difference in the number of ticks infesting the facial skin and external auditory meatuses. In particular,
lemurs of a group who inhabited an area of gallery forest in the study area exhibited the smallest values of body mass and
were severely infested with ticks. Such group variations were not consistently correlated with the reproductive parameters
of the study groups. In three groups moderately infested with ticks, ticks infested adult males and subadults more heavily
than adult females, juveniles, and infants. 相似文献
3.
Yukio Takahata Naoki Koyama Naomi Miyamoto Megumi Okamoto 《Primates; journal of primatology》2001,42(3):267-271
In the Berenty Reserve, Southern Madagascar, of the 16 deliveries recorded for ring-tailed lemurs from 1995 and 1997, 10 cases
occurred during daytime hours (07:00 – 16:59). Four mothers lost contact with their troop members during parturition, but
were able to rejoin them after about one hour. No attack from the individuals of the neighboring groups or predators on the
mothers or their newborn infants was observed, whereas, other females of the mother’s own troop attacked them after delivery
in two cases. Such daytime delivery may have originated from the circadian rhythm of the species’ nocturnal ancestors, who
might have given birth during the daytime. This pattern may now be a non-adaptive feature, in agreement with the “evolutionary
disequilibrium hypothesis (EVDH).” 相似文献
4.
Jolly Alison Dobson Andrew Rasamimanana H. M. Walker John O'Connor Sheila Solberg Margaret Perel Valerie 《International journal of primatology》2002,23(2):327-353
We censused Lemur catta within a 1 km2 study area at Berenty Reserve, Madagascar, during the September–October birth season for 19 years between 1963 and 2000, a total of 290 troop counts (266 with age and sex). The non-infant population was 155 in 1972–5, fell to 105 in 1985, and rose to a maximum of 282 in 1997, while troops increased from 12 in 1972–1985 up to 25 in 1998–2000. Local density varies between habitat types from 1 per ha to ca. 6 per ha. Troops fission at ca. 15–25 individuals, or 6–10 females. Adult sex ratio has no apparent correlation with fissions, birth rate or survival. Birth rate falls steeply with number of adult females, from 80–100% in 2-female troops to about 50% in 8–10 female troops. The penalty for large troop size is greater in the dense, rich areas, but nonetheless troops there are also larger. One-year-survival does not vary with troop size, and is lower in the sparse, dry zone. Troop size is too large for optimal birth rate, but fissioning to much lower size might make troops too small for optimal adult survival, given the intense intertroop competition. This reflects Sibley's (1983) conjecture that troop sizes may not reach stable optima. Rainfall per lemur-year (beginning Oct 1) varied from 265 to 894 mm. Drought followed by rain can eliminate >90% of a cohort, especially in the dryest zone. Possibly this results from fruit failure in years following drought. It is unknown whether food supplementation of some Berenty troops is dangerous for the forest, or helpful for an isolated and vulnerable ring-tailed lemur population. 相似文献
5.
Lisa Gould 《International journal of primatology》1990,11(4):297-318
The social development of 11 free-ranging infantLemur catta was examined over the first 16 weeks of the infants' lives. By 16 weeks, infants still occasionally suckled and were carried dorsally, but on the whole, they were independent of their mothers. Sex or mother's rank was not found to affect frequency or type of play behavior. Mother's rank had no effect on frequency of maternal rejections, from the nipple or from riding, but female infants were rejected slightly more frequently than males were. Mothers tended to reject infants more severely and more frequently from dorsal riding than from the nipple. Sex and rank differences were not found with respect to behaviors determined as measures of independence; however, lower-ranking infants engaged in significantly more dependent behaviors than higher-ranking young did. It may be necessary for the infant of a low-ranking mother to maintain closer proximity to its mother for a longer period of time during infancy because such infants may be subject to abuse by higher-ranking group members and, furthermore, may not be as readily rescued in a stressful or dangerous situation as a higher-ranking infant. Sex was not found to be a factor in terms of measures of dependence. The lack of sex differences in developmental behaviors in this species may be related to female dominance, as well as to the fact that, as adults, both sexes engage in aggressive territorial behavirs. 相似文献
6.
In three sets of experiments, a group of captive Ring-tailed lemurs ranging at liberty were presented with sticks scent-marked
with their own scent, or with scent from unrelated animals or unmarked sticks. The results from experiments which involved
a choice between scents indicated stronger responses, in terms of greater intensity of scent-marking to scent from “strange”
animals. In the experiment where individual scents were presented one at a time, the length of time spent sniffing was greater
for “strange” scent but this did not transfer to additional scent-marks. Most of the responses were elicited from males in
the group and involved wrist-marking only, but timing of experiment influenced both responses and type of scent-mark probably
in relation to the onset of oestrus. The role of scent-marking and the concept of group scent are also discussed. 相似文献
7.
Peter M. Kappeler 《Primates; journal of primatology》1987,28(2):225-228
The process of acquisition and propagation of a novel behavior pattern in a group of 18Lemur catta was examined. Six of eight animals that acquired the new habit were infants or juveniles. Adult males did not take up the
new behavior pattern. Effects of rank and kinship on the aquisition process were not obvious. 相似文献
8.
A- Troop of Lemur cattaat Berenty Reserve, Madagascar, divided in July- August 1992. We observed the daughter troops— Al and A2— between Aug. 15
and Nov. 15. The subordinate female subgroup of A- Troop (A2) had been harassed for at least 3 years previously. After fission,
it suffered high conflict and energy demands, wounding, and socially induced infant mortality. Costs of fission may be a pressure
for remaining in large troops. In September, A2 ranged widely, was chased by all neighbor troops, but then it challenged the
previously dominant subgroup, Al, and by late October occupied a portion of the previous A- Troop range in which it was consistently
successful in confrontations. A2's acquisition of range may relate to its high affiliation and low conflict between females
of the subgroup. Unlike previously reported fission in L. cattathere was no male involvement in defense, and the females that lost infants became more aggressive. This may be interpreted
as female competition for resource control. 相似文献
9.
Long-term changes in dominance ranks among ring-tailed lemurs at Berenty Reserve, Madagascar 总被引:2,自引:2,他引:0
A study was conducted between 1989 and 2001 to monitor changes in the dominance ranks among adult ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) at Berenty Reserve, Madagascar. Adult females were observed to be dominant over adult males. Their rank fluctuated greatly. However, in some troops, female rank orders were fairly stable over a period of several years. In general, male ranks were more unstable than female ranks. Most young females aged 3 years occupied the lowest ranks among adult females. However, several were also observed to have attained relatively higher ranks, placing them right beneath their high-ranking mothers; this suggested the existence of dependent ranks. Mothers were dominant over their daughters. Similarly, older sisters were usually dominant over younger sisters. The mean duration of alpha status for females was 1.95 years, although considerable variation was observed in the duration of the alpha status (1–5 or more years). Most young males aged 3 years initially occupied the lowest ranks in their natal troops, and then they migrated to non-natal troops around the age of 4 years. They ascended in rank between the ages of 4 and 6 years, although there was considerable variation in the acquirement of high rank. The mean duration of alpha status for males was 2.2 years. Larger males were observed to occupy higher ranks. Occasionally, both males and females showed intense aggression (i.e., targeting aggression) towards others. 相似文献
10.
The distribution of grooming and touching behaviours was recorded in a group of captive ring-tailed lemurs. Grooming was found
to be performed chiefly by older, higher ranking animals; touching (i.e., “reach out and touch” behaviour) was directed primarily
by younger, low ranking animals to older, high ranking individuals. It is suggested that such touching is a submissive gesture
in this species. 相似文献
11.
Ichino S 《American journal of primatology》2006,68(1):97-102
A detailed fission process in a wild ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) troop was observed at Berenty Reserve, Madagascar. The troop fission occurred as follows: 1) During the birth season in 2000, two adult females (mother and daughter) were evicted as a result of "targeted aggression" (i.e., intense and persistent aggressive behavior toward particular individuals). 2) Two adult and three immature females in the same kin group as the evicted females spontaneously immigrated into the new group. 3) A male immigrated into the new group 1.5 months later. 4) The new troop successfully established its own home range. This report exemplifies three characteristics of troop fission in ring-tailed lemurs. First, targeted aggression initiated the fission process. Second, the troop females divided along matrilineal lines. Finally, no male played a specific role in the fission process. 相似文献
12.
Social Relationships Among Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta) in Two Free-Ranging Troops at Berenty Reserve, Madagascar 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
We observed two free-ranging troops of ring-tailed lemurs at the Berenty Reserve, Madagascar. Kinship affinities in these troops are known only for mothers and their offspring 4 years of age. We attempted to quantify social relationships. Almost all agonistic interactions were dyadic, and triadic agonistic interactions, such as alliances, were very rare. Dominance hierarchies in both sexes in the two troops were not linear. As in cercopithecine monkeys, mothers were dominant over their adult daughters. However, the daughters were not ranked immediately below their mothers. Close proximity and social grooming occurred more frequently between closely related females, such as mother–daughter and sister–sister dyads, than between unrelated females. Frequent-proximity relations also occurred between adult males that had emigrated from another troop and entered the present troop together, even though they did not rank closely to one another. Subordinates were likely to groom and to greet dominants more frequently than vice versa. During group encounters, particular females were involved in agonistic interactions with animals of other troops, regardless of dominance rank. Adult males, regardless of their dominance rank, but not adult females, constantly tried to drive solitary males away. 相似文献
13.
Takahata Y Koyama N Ichino S Miyamoto N Nakamichi M 《Primates; journal of primatology》2006,47(4):383-387
Based on data obtained over a period of 11 years from female ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta), we analyzed the correlation between group size and female reproductive parameters. The birth rate and mean number of surviving infants 1 year after birth per adult female generated an inverted U-shaped curve when plotted against group size (although not significant) and number of adult female members. Infant mortality rate did not have a consistent correlation with group size and number of adult female members. Thus, our findings were similar to the predictions of Wrangham’s inter-group feeding competition hypothesis. 相似文献
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Several examples have been documented of novel behaviours which have apparently arisen spontaneously in primate groups and
then spread through the group by learning. Here we describe the first recorded instance of such an acquired behaviour in a
prosimian. The behaviour, consisting of immersing the tail in water and then drinking from the wet tail, was observed in a
group of semi free-ranging ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta). Seventeen of 28 animals showed the behaviour, including adult males. Several animals which did not show the behaviour were
observed watching and sometimes sharing the wet tail of animals who did. Several incomplete sequences, notably of non-stimulus
directed elements, were also seen in non-performers. It is likely that stimulus enhancement is the mechanism of spread of
this behaviour through the group, although the presence of the incomplete sequences suggests that imitation is also a possibility. 相似文献
15.
This research explores the effects of posture, sex, and living condition on hand and side preferences of semi-free-ranging,
adult ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) housed at the Duke University Primate Center in Durham, NC. Data were collected on 11 adult individuals (five females and
six males) during normal daily activities over a ten-week period from May–July 2001. Variables analyzed in this study include
unimanual behaviors (i.e., reach, hold, and limb used to start locomotion) and other potentially lateralized behaviors that
do not involve handuse (i.e., whole-body turning and tail position). The data were analyzed to investigate potential individual
and population level side biases for each behavior; potential sex biases in side preference for each behavior; and for ‘reach’,
potential effects of posture (sitting, tripedal stance, or bipedal stance) on individual hand preferences. Additionally, to
investigate potential effects of living condition on lateral biases, the data from this study were compared to data collected
on the same individual Lemurs living under more restrictive living conditions during the previous year. Largely, as predicted
based on available literature, we found that there was a significant sex difference across all hand-use categories and for
whole-body turning, and that posture was a significant factor in the expression of hand preference for reaching. Contrary
to previous research, the effect of living condition on lateral preferences was minimal, and no side preferences were found
at the population level for any of the behaviors analyzed. 相似文献
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Over 15 field seasons (1987-2001), we collected census and life-history data on a population of individually identified ring-tailed lemurs at the Beza Mahafaly Reserve, Madagascar. No significant difference was found in population size over the study period, though a marked decline in the population occurred following a 2-year drought. The population rebounded rapidly after the immediate postdrought period. There was nearly a complete replacement of individuals over the study period. Average group size is 11.5 animals, and adult male to female sex ratio is 0.92. Most females reproduce annually, and the average fecundity rate is 84.3%. The greatest variability in fecundity is found among old females. We suggest that ring-tailed lemur females follow an "income breeding" strategy, i.e., females use maximum resources during reproduction rather than relying on fat stores, as do "capital breeders." Infant mortality to 1 year of age in a nondrought year is 52%, higher than infant mortality in small to medium-sized anthropoids. The oldest known female was 18 years old in 2001. We suggest that 18-20 years may represent the maximum life-span for wild ring-tailed lemurs. Because males regularly emigrate from the population, we have no data regarding male life-span; however, there is some indication that males do not survive as long as females. Group fission has occurred three times: twice from one parent group living in the driest area of the reserve, with the most dispersed food resources. We suggest that the reproductive strategy that has evolved in this species, wherein females reproduce early in life and annually until old age, is a response to the unusual climate and environmental conditions under which Lemur catta has evolved. 相似文献
17.
Susan J. Dugmore Keith Bailey Charles S. Evans 《International journal of primatology》1984,5(3):235-245
Olfaction plays an important role in the social communication of all prosimians. (The experiment reported in this paper forms
part of an intensive chemobehavioral study of olfaction in Lemur catta (ring-tailed lemur) being carried out in this laboratory.) Five male Lemur cattawere tested on their behavioral responses to paired scent stimuli. Responses measured were (1) total investigation time, (2)
arm-marking, (3) ABO/BO rubbing, and (4) flehmen. Males showed a strong discrimination between the scent stimuli,giving higher levels of response to female scent on measures 1, 3, and 4. This response suggests an olfactory-related preference
by males for female scent under controlled conditions. This preference may be a consequence of the females’ dominance over
males and the brevity of estrus in L. catta,both of which would favor such choice behavior. 相似文献
18.
We compared diets and female feeding agonism in 2 groups of ring-tailed lemurs living in markedly diverse microhabitats in
and near the Beza Mahafaly Reserve, Madagascar during mid-to-late gestation periods and height of the dry season to test predictions
concerning differences in resource availability, preferred foods, female rank, and degree and frequency of feeding agonism
in relation to usurpability and monopolization of food resources. Quadrat sampling in disturbed forest habitat revealed a
greater number of plant species than in the gallery forest home range area, but females in both groups consumed nearly equal
numbers of actual food plant species. Higher-ranking females in disturbed forest consumed human food scraps from the researchers
camp significantly more often than low-ranking females did, while there was no rank effect for consumption of any food type
between females in the gallery forest group. Higher rates of female feeding agonism in both groups occurred around usurpable
fruit and leaves, as well as over monopolizable human food scraps in the disturbed forest group. There is no association between
degree of agonism and food type in either group, and rate of feeding agonism is similar for both groups. The most highly contested
food items came in large packages and were high in nutrients: beneficial foods for gestating females in the height of dry
season in southwestern Madagascar. 相似文献
19.
In the present study, we recorded all births, immigrations, deaths, and emigrations for a population of ring-tailed lemurs
at Berenty Reserve, Madagascar, between September 1989 and August 1999. In September 1989, three troops (C, B, and T) inhabited
the study area of 14.2 ha. During the 10-year period, eight troop divisions, six evictions of females, and three troop takeovers
of ranges by other troops occurred in and around the study area. Consequently, in August 1999, the number of troops in the
same area increased to six (CX, C1, C2A, C2B, T1, and T2). The number of lemurs aged >1 year increased from 63 to 82, which
resulted from 204 births, 58 immigrations, 125 deaths, and 118 emigrations. Of the 204 newborn lemurs during the study period,
103 died, 44 emigrated outside the study area, and 57 remained within the study area. The total number of lemurs that emigrated
from natal troops was 69 (54 males and 15 females). Natal males left their troops around the age of 3. Non-natal males changed
troops after a tenure varying from 1 to 7 years. Survival curves showed a fall in survival rates of both sexes to < 0.5 between
the ages of 2 and 3. For females, the survival rate gradually decreased to < 0.2 at the age of 9. On the other hand, due to
emigration, the survival rate of males could not be determined after the age of 5 yr. Since some males attained high-rank
at the age of 6 – 10 yr, the prime age for male ring-tailed lemurs is thought to be around 7 – 10 yr. Ring-tailed lemurs are
essentially female philopatric, because all cases of females leaving natal troops resulted from troop divisions or forced
evictions. Such social changes may have resulted from competition among females. All cases of troop divisions or evictions
occurred in larger troops consisting of ≥20 lemurs, and only a few females could rejoin their troops. When males joined such
a female-group, a new troop was formed. Although promoted by an increase in population, frequent emigrations of females from
original troops are the characteristics of ring-tailed lemurs at Berenty. 相似文献
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Masayuki Nakamichi Maria L. O. Rakototiana Naoki Koyama 《Primates; journal of primatology》1997,38(3):331-340
In the present study, we describe a change in the dominance rank of the top-ranking female in a wild troop of ring-tailed
lemurs (Lemur catta) at Berenty Reserve, Madagascar. After the top-ranking female fell to the bottom-ranking position, she was able to outrank
a low-ranking female with the support of her adult daughter or an unrelated high-ranking female. These results indicate that,
as in cercopithecine monkeys such as macaques and baboons, close proximity and alliances influence dominance relations among
adult females in a wild troop of ring-tailed lemurs. 相似文献