Discovery of sympatric dwarf lemur species in the high-altitude rain forest of Tsinjoarivo, Eastern Madagascar: Implications for biogeography and conservation

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-17

  Blanco, Marina B ^a   Godfrey, Laurie R ^a   Rakotondratsima, Mamihasimbola ^b   Rahalinarivo, Vololonirina ^b   Samonds, Karen E ^c   Raharison, Jean Luc ^b   Irwin, Mitchell T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cheirogaleidae; Cheirogaleus; Dental morphology; Dwarf lemur; Morphometrics; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MADAGASCAR; ODONTOMETRY; PROSIMIAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHEIROGALEIDAE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; ODONTOMETRY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH;

CHEIROGALEIDAE; CHEIROGALEUS; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 56349170385     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000173716     Document Type: Article

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