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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"otolemur"”.
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Grooming as an Agonistic Behavior in Garnett’s Small-Eared Bushbaby (<i>Otolemur garnettii</i>)
… characteristics with Garnett’s bushbaby (<em>Otolemur garnettii</em>). They are nocturnal, have a strong olfactory sense, and are semi-social. Additionally, Edens (2013), found a significant correlation between displacements and grooming when female <em>O. garnettii</em> were socially housed. …
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An Assessment of Number Representation in the Small-Eared Bushbaby (<i>Otolemur garnettii</i>)
… African primate, Garnett’s Greater Bushbaby (<em>Otolemur garnettii</em>). Using a modified search task developed by Lewis et al. (2005), bushbabies searched for raisins in an opaque pail across 10 paired trials. Each pair consisted of one “honest” presentation (number observed = number …
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Utility of Feeding Priority as a Measure of Dominance in Garnett's Bushbaby (<i>Otolemur garnettii</i>)
<p>The current study examined dominance behaviors in bushbabies and examined whether feeding priority (i.e., first access to a food source) is a viable measure of dominance. Several measures of dominance were employed. Among the measures of dominance investigated were agonistic interactions, …
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Greater Galagos near Mt. Kasigau, Kenya: Population Density Estimates
… use of a species of greater galago, genus <em>Otolemur</em>, around Mt. Kasigau, Kenya. Mt. Kasigau has a unique regional microclimate, a cloud forest, which provides many different flora and fauna a home. To examine population density, two different methods were used. The first method was …
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Conservation and ecology of nocturnal primates: night monkeys, galagos, pottos and angwantibos as case studies
… their distribution, thick-tailed greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus) in Uganda and the Panamanian night monkey (Aotus zonalis) are both a case in point. Further there are topics where African nocturnal primates in particular previously have been overlooked: trade and ethnozoological usage. My …
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Environmental Enrichment for Gummivorous Primates
… and Saguinus- 50%) and galagos (Galago and Otolemur- 50%). No zoos report feeding gum to baboons (Papio spp.), vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops), or patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas). Since environmental enrichment that stimulates naturalistic behavior promotes the psychological …