Ring-tailed Lemur Vocalizations

picture info	Ring-tailed Lemur Vocalizations The ring-tailed lemur has a complex array of distinct vocalizations used to maintain group cohesion during foraging and alert group members to the presence of a predator. The tables below detail calls documented in the wild and studied at the Duke Lemur Center The Duke Lemur Center is an sanctuary for rare and endangered strepsirrhine primates, located at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. It is the largest sanctuary for strepsirrhine primates in the world. The center is open to the public .... References {{reflist Lemurs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ring-tailed Lemur Feb09 Ringtail, ring tail, or ring-tail may refer to: Animals Mammals * Ring-tailed cat, ''Bassariscus astutus'', a mammal of the raccoon family, in North America * South American coati, ''Nasua nasua'', also called the ring-tailed coati * Ring-tailed ground squirrel, ''Spermophilus annulatus'', of North America * Ring-tailed lemur, ''Lemur catta'', of Madagascar * Ring-tailed mongoose, ''Galidia elegans'', of Madagascar * Ringtail possums, the family ''Pseudocheiridae'', of Australia and New Guinea: Cinereus ringtail possum, ''Pseudochirulus cinereus'' Common ringtail possum, ''Pseudocheirus peregrinus'' Western ringtail possum, ''Pseudocheirus peregrinus occidentalis'' Coppery ringtail possum ''Pseudochirops cupreus'' D'Albertis' ringtail possum, ''Pseudochirops albertisii'' Green ringtail possum, ''Pseudochirops archeri'' Herbert River ringtail possum, ''Pseudochirulus herbertensis'' Lemur-like ringtail possum, ''Hemibelideus lemuroides'' Lowland ringt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ring-tailed Lemur The ring-tailed lemur (''Lemur catta'') is a large strepsirrhine primate and the most recognized lemur due to its long, black and white ringed tail. It belongs to Lemuridae, one of five lemur families, and is the only member of the ''Lemur'' genus. Like all lemurs it is endemic to the island of Madagascar and endangered. Known locally in Malagasy as ' (, spelled ' in French) or ', it inhabits gallery forests to spiny scrub in the southern regions of the island. It is omnivorous and the most terrestrial of extant lemurs. The animal is diurnal, being active exclusively in daylight hours. The ring-tailed lemur is highly social, living in groups of up to 30 individuals. It is also female dominant, a trait common among lemurs. To keep warm and reaffirm social bonds, groups will huddle together. The ring-tailed lemur will also sunbathe, sitting upright facing its underside, with its thinner white fur towards the sun. Like other lemurs, this species relies strongly on its sense of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Animal Communication Animal communication is the transfer of information from one or a group of animals (sender or senders) to one or more other animals (receiver or receivers) that affects the current or future behavior of the receivers. Information may be sent intentionally, as in a courtship display, or unintentionally, as in the transfer of scent from predator to prey. Information may be transferred to an "audience" of several receivers. Animal communication is a rapidly growing area of study in disciplines including animal behavior, sociology, neurology and animal cognition. Many aspects of animal behavior, such as symbolic name use, emotional expression, learning and sexual behavior, are being understood in new ways. When the information from the sender changes the behavior of a receiver, the information is referred to as a "signal". Signalling theory predicts that for a signal to be maintained in the population, both the sender and receiver should usually receive some benefit from the interact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Duke Lemur Center The Duke Lemur Center is an sanctuary for rare and endangered strepsirrhine primates, located at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. It is the largest sanctuary for strepsirrhine primates in the world. The center is open to the public through tours, for which visitors must make an appointment. History In 1966, a prosimian colony of approximately 90 individuals, belonging to John Buettner-Janusch, was relocated from the Center for Prosimian Biology at Yale University to Duke University, creating the Duke Lemur Center (DLC). Through the 1970s, the colony grew to approximately 700 individuals representing 33 species. The current colony ranges between 250 and 300 animals, representing approximately 25 species. Originally called the Duke University Primate Center (DUPC), the center's name was changed in April 2006 after a refocusing of the scientific goals and overall mission. Specimens from its scientific collection may thus be assigned the code DPC. The mission of the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Defensive Display Deimatic behaviour or startle display means any pattern of bluffing ethology, behaviour in an animal that lacks strong defences, such as suddenly displaying conspicuous eyespot (mimicry), eyespots, to scare off or momentarily distract a predator, thus giving the prey animal an opportunity to escape. The term deimatic or dymantic originates from the Greek δειματόω (deimatóo), meaning "to frighten". Deimatic display occurs in widely separated groups of animals, including moths, Butterfly, butterflies, Mantodea, mantises and Phasmatodea, phasmids among the insects. In the cephalopods, different species of octopuses, squids, cuttlefish and the Argonaut (animal), paper nautilus are deimatic. Displays are classified as deimatic or Aposematism, aposematic by the responses of the animals that see them. Where predators are initially startled but learn to eat the displaying prey, the display is classed as deimatic, and the prey is bluffing; where they continue to avoid the prey a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]