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DISTRIBUTION OF THE MALAGASY LEMURS PART 2: LEMUR CATTA AND LEMUR FULVUS IN SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MADAGASCAR *
Author(s) -
Sussman Robert W.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1977.tb41811.x
Subject(s) - lemur , lemur catta , library science , citation , annals , anthropology , history , sociology , classics , biology , computer science , ecology , primate
This report is the result of surveys conducted in southern and western Madagascar during an 18-month field study (September 1969-November 1970) and two 3-month studies (June-August, 1973 and 1974). Thirty-three separate forests were surveyed in which Lemur catta and/or Lemur fulvus were found. The surveys were conducted to determine (1) the northern and southern limits of the distribution of the two species, (2) precisely where the ranges of the two species overlap, and (3) whether the dispersion of populations within the area of overlap revealed any difference in habitat preferences between the species. The forests surveyed extend from Berenty in the south to the area near Majunga in the northwest (TABLE 1; FIGURES 1-3). Sixteen of these forests are in the area in which the ranges of L. catta and L. f . rufus overlap. All of the forests listed in TABLE 1 were extensively surveyed, and the list of the diurnal species is inclusive.