TY - BOOK AU - Tattersall, Ian ED - The American Museum of Natural History TI - Ecology and behavior of lemur fulvus mayottensis (primates, lemuriformes) : : Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History AV - GN 1 A44 1977 v. 54 pt. 4 PY - 1977/// CY - New York PB - The American Museum of Natural History KW - Anthropology KW - Periodicals N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Abstract ; Resume ; Introduction ; Acknowledgements ; Taxonomy and distribution ; The study area ; Vegetation ; Climate ; Sympatric Species ; Methods of Observation ; Observational bias ; Preparation of the forest ; Censusing ; The social unit ; Day ranges and population density ; Diet and feeding behavior ; Feeding techniques ; Patterns of activity ; Daily activity cycle ; Preferential use of forest strata and substrate types ; Locomotion and substrate preferences ; Social behavior ; Discussion ; Literature cited N2 - "Lemur Fulvus mayottensis is unique to the island of Mayotte, one of the Congo group. It quite closely resembles L. fulvus, from which it is probably derived, but is characterized by an enormous variability in pelage coloration. Between January and May 1975, more than 500 hours of quantifiable (time-sampled) field observations were accumulated on this island subspecies." ER -