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A review of ectoparasites in the Cheirogaleidae

, 2016
Introduction Ectoparasites of terrestrial mammals include several groups of insects (lice, fleas, louse flies, and others) and arachnids (mites and ticks) that inhabit the host skin or pelage and have morphological adaptations for this habitat and for host attachment.
Sarah Zohdy, L. Durden, S. Lehman, U. Radespiel, E. Zimmermann   +4 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Molecular phylogeny of the lemur family cheirogaleidae (primates) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences.

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2001
Cheirogaleidae currently comprises five genera whose relationships remain contentious. The taxonomic status and phylogenetic position of both Mirza coquereli and Allocebus trichotis are still unclear. The taxonomic status of the recently discovered Microcebus ravelobensis (a sympatric sibling species of Microcebus murinus) and its phylogenetic position
J. Pastorini, J. Pastorini, R. Martin, Petra Ehresmann, Elke Zimmermann, M. R. Forstner   +5 more
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Discovery of an island population of dwarf lemurs (Cheirogaleidae: Cheirogaleus) on Nosy Hara, far northern Madagascar

Primates, 2015
The species-level diversity of Madagascar's lemurs has increased hugely over the last two decades, growing from 32 species in 1994 to 102 species in 2014. This growth is primarily due to the application of molecular phylogenetic analyses and the phylogenetic species concept to known populations, and few previously unknown lemur populations have been ...
C. Gardner, Louise D. Jasper
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Systematic relationships among Cheirogaleidae (Primates, Strepsirhini) determined from analysis of highly repeated DNA.

Folia Primatologica, 1994
Analysis of highly repeated DNA sequences in ...
Y. Rumpler, S. Crovella, D. Montagnon
semanticscholar   +5 more sources

Strepsirhine Basicranial Structures and the Affinities of the Cheirogaleidae

, 1975
With a few exceptions, students of primate evolution have always agreed that the Madagascar lemurs are more closely related to the lorises and galagos than any other living primates. During the 19th century, all these strepsirhine prosimians were usually lumped together as “lemurs,” and some workers (e.g., Gray, 1870; Forbes, 1896) erected subfamilies ...
M. Cartmill
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Geographical variation in the fork-marked lemur, Phaner furcifer (Primates, Cheirogaleidae)

Folia Primatologica, 1991
The fork-marked lemur, Phaner furcifer, is discontinuously distributed through Madagascar, but is traditionally viewed as a monotypic species. Reexamination of variations in pelage color and pattern, size and body proportions among museum specimens reveals that several geographically discrete morphs exist within the species, which is clearly polytypic.
C. Groves, I. Tattersall
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Relative position of the Cheirogaleidae in strepsirhine phylogeny: a comparison of morphological and molecular methods and results.

American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1994
AbstractAn examination of previous morphological and molecular studies of strepsirhine systematics suggests a conflict between the two types of data. Cladistic analyses of morphological data have indicated that the Malagasy primate family Cheirogaleidae is the sister taxon of the Afro‐Asian lorisiforms and that together, cheirogaleids and lorisiforms ...
A. Yoder
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A Preliminary Report on the Social Organisation of Cheirogaleus medius (Cheirogaleidae; Primates) in North-West Madagascar

Folia Primatologica, 1998
Key WordsLemuriformes · Madagascar · Nocturnal prosimians · Cheirogaleus medius ·Dwarf lemur · Radio-tracking · Social organisation · Solitary speciesIntroductionBoth currently recognised species of the genus Cheirogaleus, C. majorand C.medius, are notable for seasonal storage of fat (especially in the tail) and for extendedtorpor phases during the ...
A. Müller
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Functional adaptations in the craniofacial morphology of Malagasy primates: shape variations associated with gummivory in the family Cheirogaleidae.

Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger, 2004
The infraorder Lemuriformes is characterized by a high level of homoplasy that clouds the evolutionary signal. The analysis of the morphological disparity of the Malagasy primates' crania and mandibles demonstrates the high determinism of functional specializations and developmental constraints, regardless of the phylogeny.
B. Viguier
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) and their amplification in the family Cheirogaleidae

Molecular Ecology Notes, 2001
AbstractWithin this study seven polymorphic microsatellite primers were developed for the grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) from two partial genomic libraries. One protocol was based on an initial polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) primers and resulted in a 5.5% enrichment, whereas the second protocol ...
U. Radespiel, S. Funk, E. Zimmermann, M. Bruford   +3 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources