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However, lemurs that have specialized diets, such as frugivores, are more sensitive to habitat disturbance. [29] These lemurs are found more often in primary forests. [30] Research in Masoala National Park, the largest protected forest in Madagascar, [29] showed that there was a positive correlation between mean tree height and lemur abundance ...
The Lemur Conservation Foundation maintains an active office in northeastern Madagascar and supports conservation initiatives with a focus on community and habitat protection programs in and around Anjanaharibe-Sud Reserve and Marojejy National Park. [4] [5] [6] LCF offers internship opportunities in primate husbandry and research.
Lemurs share resemblance with other primates, but evolved independently from monkeys and apes. Due to Madagascar's highly seasonal climate, lemur evolution has produced a level of species diversity rivaling that of any other primate group. Living lemurs range in weight from the 30-gram (1.1 oz) mouse lemur to the 9-kilogram (20 lb) indri.
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Births of the greater bamboo lemur in captivity are extremely rare, and the park is the only zoological collection in the UK – and one of two worldwide – to have bred the species this year.
Greater bamboo lemur is a part of prosimian species, which appeared even before monkeys. This species of lemur is not capable of adapting to the rapidly changing habitat. Human activities and climate change have resulted in the depletion of populations and resulted in a few remaining patches of forest capable of supporting this species.
Stephanie Pincetl, a professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and Director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA, says the destruction, while ...
Additionally, climate change is expected to reduce the weasel sportive lemur's distribution by 3% by 2080 through habitat alteration. [9] While no species-specific conservation actions have been implemented, the species is known to occur in multiple national parks and other reserves.