Talk:Collared brown lemur

Major revision: re-write
Today I completely re-wrote the article. Feel free to make revisions as needed. Also watch for new research articles on this species. –Visionholder (talk) 23:24, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Unsolicited lit survey
More scholarly sources to pad this article. There's also a lot of conference abstracts, but I didn't list those. Sasata (talk) 19:56, 26 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Title: Proximate and ultimate determinants of cathemeral activity in brown lemurs
 * Author(s): Donati, Giuseppe; Baldi, Nicoletta; Morelli, Valentina, et al.
 * Source: Animal Behaviour  Volume: 77   Issue: 2   Pages: 317-325   Published: FEB 2009


 * Title: Habitat use and social structure of a brown lemur hybrid population in the Berenty Reserve, Madagascar
 * Author(s): Tanaka, M
 * Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY  Volume: 69   Pages: 1189-1194   Published: 2007


 * Title: Feeding over the 24-h cycle: dietary flexibility of cathemeral collared lemurs (Eulemur collaris)
 * Author(s): Donati, G; Bollen, A; Borgognini-Tarli, SM, et al.
 * Source: BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY  Volume: 61   Issue: 8   Pages: 1237-1251   Published: JUN 2007


 * Title: Environmental and phylogenetic correlates of Eulemur behavior and ecology (Primates : Lemuridae)
 * Author(s): Ossi, K; Kamilar, JM
 * Source: BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY  Volume: 61   Issue: 1   Pages: 53-64   Published: NOV 2006


 * Title: Relations between fruits and disperser assemblages in a Malagasy littoral forest: a community-level approach
 * Author(s): Bollen, A; Van Elsacker, L; Ganzhorn, JU
 * Source: JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY  Volume: 20   Pages: 599-612   Part: 6   Published: NOV 2004


 * Title: Tree dispersal strategies in the littoral forest of Sainte Luce (SE-Madagascar)
 * Author(s): Bollen, A; Van Elsacker, L; Ganzhorn, JU
 * Source: OECOLOGIA  Volume: 139   Issue: 4   Pages: 604-616   Published: MAY 2004


 * Title: Biogeography of lemurs in the humid forests of Madagascar: the role of elevational distribution and rivers
 * Author(s): Goodman, SM; Ganzhorn, JU
 * Source: JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY  Volume: 31   Issue: 1   Pages: 47-55   Published: 2004


 * As with the Gray Mouse Lemur, I think that almost all of these articles are looking at this species as a model organism for the many true lemur species, especially since its range is located within a day's drive of Berenty Private Reserve, one of the major research locations in southern Madagascar. However, I'm sure I can pull some interesting tidbits and sprinkle them into the article.  Otherwise, the gory details will probably be reserved for the upcoming re-write of True lemur.  I hope you agree.  –   VisionHolder  «  talk  »  20:22, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Pre-FAC review
The following comments are based on a quick read through. I'll look more closely later. Sasata (talk) 17:35, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * is it necessary to put the year of the drawing in the taxobox image?
 * wlink vulnerable species
 * range map?
 * please give more details on who originally described the species (& who he was), what publication it was in, a link to the prologue if available online
 * link subspecies
 * "…the Collared Brown Lemur was promoted to full species status in 2001 by biological anthropologist Colin Groves." details? What were his justifications for doing so?
 * "An adult Collared Brown Lemur can reach a head-body length of 39 and 40 cm" need the word "between" in there and other later examples
 * link rufous; "Eyes" data in table not capitalized unlike others
 * why is the section name "Anatomy and physiology" when physiology is not discussed?
 * any more info for this section? length/weight of newborns? Lifespan? Age of sexual maturity? I know info is sparse but surely there must be something more than coloration and length/weight
 * Do these lemurs get parasites?
 * "Females of these two species are nearly indistinguishable, despite that genetic analyses support full species status for both taxa." what kind of genetic analyses?
 * "The Collared Brown Lemur was listed as Vulnerable (VU A2cd)" is the parenthetical part vital information?
 * "A small group of Collared Brown Lemurs was introduced in the 1980s into the Berenty Private Reserve…" details… who did this and why?
 * refs: pp for page ranges