Little is known of these rare primates. Mouse lemurs are forest dwellers that live in female-dominated groups of up to 15 animals. They spend most of their time in trees, and can move nimbly from ...

This pattern of isolation and reconnection seems to be building up and redistributing genetic variation across the island." He added, "Many species of lemurs have super-high levels of genomic ...

al. 1999; Sauther et al., 1999). They are the most terrestrial species of lemur, spending up to 30% of the time on the ground (Jolly, 1966; Sussman, 1974). Ring-tailed lemurs live in large social ...