The first is an intact forest within the Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve. The second is altered forest for subsistence agriculture. The third is an area outside the reserve where cows and goats feed ...

Little is known of these rare primates. Mouse lemurs are forest dwellers that live in female-dominated groups of up to 15 animals. They spend most of their time in trees, and can move nimbly from ...

Many of these lemurs have incredibly high levels of genetic diversity, yet paradoxically, almost all—90%—of the more than 100 species that live on the island are threatened with extinction.

and more xerophytic forest towards the western boundary. Each has its own plants and animals. In addition to ring-tailed lemurs, the reserve is home to: Lepilemur leucopus: the White-footed sportive ...

Wild Encounters Madagascar’s Lemurs in Action—Meet the Forest’s Friendliest Faces! Posted: December 26, 2024 | Last updated: December 26, 2024 "Welcome to ZooEarthTv, where we showcase the ...

The photograph depicts Madame Berthe’s mouse lemur (Microcebus berthae), which may recently have gone extinct, in Menabe Central Forest in Madagascar. In a second paper in this issue ...

The ring-tailed lemur is an endangered species. Before people arrived in Madagascar around 2,000 years ago, the island was covered by forests. Today, approximately 80% of that forest land is gone.