Indris Indri indri are group-living lemurs that occupy stable territories over several years and perform remarkable long-distance vocal displays.Vocal exchanges between long-term territory neighbors may contribute to ...
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In animal vocal communication,the development of adult-like vocalization is fundamental to interact appropriately with conspecifics.However,the factors that guide ontogenetic changes in the acoustic features remain po...
Accurate information on name-bearing types,including corresponding type localities,is essential for proper taxonomy.However,such geographic information is often missing or unreliable.The localities of type specimens c...
Among the behavioral traits shared by some nonhuman primate species and humans there is singing. Unfortunately, our understanding of animals' rhythmic abilities is still in its infancy. Indris are the only lemurs who ...
Primates have been found to differ widely in their taste perception and studies suggest that a coevolution between plant species bearing a certain taste substance and primate species feeding on these plants may contri...
Vocal individuality is widespread in social animals. Individual variation in vocalizations is a prereq- uisite for discriminating among conspecifics and may have facilitated the evolution of large complex societies. R...