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... lemurs ( Lemur and Hapale- mur ) and smaller , nocturnal , more rapidly locomoting forms such as the sportive lemur . Lepilemur is nocturnal . Its greatly enlarged hind limbs enable it to leap from one vertical tree trunk to another ...
... lemurs ( Lemur and Hapale- mur ) and smaller , nocturnal , more rapidly locomoting forms such as the sportive lemur . Lepilemur is nocturnal . Its greatly enlarged hind limbs enable it to leap from one vertical tree trunk to another ...
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... lemurs . We know little about them . Some of the smallest lemurs are members of this group . The lesser mouse lemur ( Microcebus murinus ) averages only 60 grams in weight . It is a small , nocturnal , leaping form , which lives on ...
... lemurs . We know little about them . Some of the smallest lemurs are members of this group . The lesser mouse lemur ( Microcebus murinus ) averages only 60 grams in weight . It is a small , nocturnal , leaping form , which lives on ...
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... lemur lifeways that have attracted the attention of primatologists . For example , when lemurs were first studied in captivity , they responded to being caged with a loss of sea- sonality and resultant year - round sexual receptivity ...
... lemur lifeways that have attracted the attention of primatologists . For example , when lemurs were first studied in captivity , they responded to being caged with a loss of sea- sonality and resultant year - round sexual receptivity ...
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Communication | 41 |
Sensory limitations on the perception of communication | 58 |
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activity adult females adult males Africa aggression animal's animals anthropoids apes appear arboreal Barro Colorado Island cage central chacma baboons characteristics chimpanzees color common baboon communication copulation cycle disease displays dominance status ecology estrous feeding field study foraging forest free-ranging frequently fruit geladas gibbons glands Gombe gorilla grooming Group composition habitat hamadryas hamadryas baboons Harlow hectares hierarchy home range hormones howler monkeys howling human infant infection interactions Japanese macaques juveniles laboratory langurs leader male lemurs lifeways meters mother move movements nonhuman primates observer occur offspring Old World olfactory one-male ordinary males Papio particularly patas monkey pattern percent plants play population predation primate behavior primates primatologists prosimians records relationships reproductive response rhesus monkeys role savanna sexual dimorphism signals sleeping social behavior social organization species spider monkeys Struhsaker study area subgroups subleaders Tikal tion trees troop variability vervet monkeys vocalizations Washoe