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P A G E 8
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Remarkable Dependence on Non-Native Bamboo
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8). Their 100% MCP home range size is 4.46 hectares. The 95% fixed kernel home range size,
which may be the most accepted general home range value, is .82 hectares. These home
range sizes are somewhat similar to that
H. alaotrensis
(.6 ha to 8 ha), but much smaller than
H. griseus
home ranges (15 ha to 20 ha) and
H. aureus
(26 ha) in Ranomafana National Park
(Tan, 1999, 2006).
We obtained a number of High-Definition video clips in order to visually document this new
bamboo lemur species. These videos play freely online. Links and titles are listed below.
Geophagy:
Tail-anointing scent marking:
Eating pith of new shoots dwarf bamboo:
Social grooming including one month old infant:
Eating young stems of dwarf bamboo:
Eating Litchie fruits:
Vocalizing “grunts”:
Figure 1. Google Earth map displaying H. occidentalis ranging
(red points) within dwarf bamboo patches (green polygons) in
Antanetiambo Nature Reserve (white boundary).
Figure 2.
H. occidentalis
home range. Left: 100%MCP is 4.46 ha.
Right: 95% kernel is .82 ha and inner 50% kernel core is .28 ha.