Sentences with phrase «bamboo lemur»
Like many of Madagascar's unique species, the greater bamboo lemur is under increasing pressure.
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Conservationists have found populations of the greater bamboo lemur in new areas of Madagascar.
«These analyses indicate that regions in which P. simus [greater bamboo lemur] are currently found are projected to experience precipitation patterns more comparable to those in the regions in which P. simus has gone extinct,» the paper notes.
«Although they are known to be less specialised than greater bamboo lemurs, other bamboo lemur species have been considered specialists for a long time but now they have been seen to thrive in areas where there is no bamboo.
An analysis of the greater bamboo lemur's current distribution on the island of Madagascar compared to its distribution in the past, as inferred from fossils, suggests that the lemurs used to live over a broader range.
«By studying specialists like the greater bamboo lemur, we can identify the different ways that climate change can cause extinction,» says author Jukka Jernvall at University of Helsinki.
This is a photograph of the greater bamboo lemur is a small cat sized primate living on the island of Madagascar and is considered to be one of the most endangered primates on Earth.
«For extreme feeding specialists like the greater bamboo lemur, climate change can be a stealthy killer,» says Patricia Wright at Stony Brook University, one of the authors.
Not only did she find it, but she also discovered another, unknown primate, the golden bamboo lemur.
Primatologist Patricia Wright traveled to Madagascar in 1986, when Duke University sent her to try to locate the greater bamboo lemur, a primate species no one had seen in 50 years.
Not exact matches
«Climate predictions help to identify the best regions to build bamboo corridors to connect the isolated [lemur] populations left, and expand their habitats to regions where the conditions are not changing so fast.