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By Shawn M. Lehman,Ute Radespiel,Elke Zimmermann

The dwarf and mouse lemurs of Madagascar are very species-rich lemur genera, but there's a relative paucity of data in this primate kin in released literature. during this first ever remedy of the Cheirogaleidae, foreign specialists are introduced jointly to check and combine our present wisdom of the behaviour, body structure, ecology, genetics and biogeography of those species. a variety of direct and oblique learn equipment which are at the moment used to check those cryptic nocturnal solitary foragers are defined. via uniting usually disparate study on captive and free-ranging taxa and synthesising contemporary methodological advances, this e-book presents new insights that might inspire extra experiences of this interesting primate relations. This synthesis will supply an incentive for extra integrative reports of the Cheirogaleidae in captivity and within the wild, allowing the affects of deforestation and different components to be pointed out and instructions for destiny conservation efforts to be established.

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