التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Genetic confirmation of the Anjiamangirana sportive lemur in the Anjajavy Forest. |
| المؤلفون: |
Rambeloson, Elodi, Rasoanaivo, Hoby A., Guevara, Elaine E., Schopler, Robert, Greene, Lydia K., Blanco, Marina B., Yoder, Anne D. |
| المصدر: |
Lemur News; 2021, Vol. 23, p51-55, 5p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
CYTOCHROME b, DECIDUOUS forests, TROPICAL dry forests, SPECIES distribution, WATERSHEDS |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
MADAGASCAR |
| مستخلص: |
Most of Madagascar's lemurs are nocturnal, and most nocturnal lemurs are cryptic, making congeners difficult to differentiate due to their morphological similarity. Sportive lemurs (genus Lepilemur) are a great example and have been the subject of ongoing taxonomic debate for decades. Twenty-six sportive lemur species are currently recognized, based on early cytogenetic and more recent genetic stud ies. As a consequence of taxonomic rearrangements, species distributions have changed significantly over the years. During fieldwork at Anjajavy, a dry deciduous forest along the coast of the Inter River System (IRS) III, we opportunistically collected a tissue sample from a female Lepilemur. Although census work previously identified L. grewcockorum in Anjajavy and other locations in the IRS III, the only genetic confirmation for this species comes from the inland forests of Anjiamangirana and Ambongabe. We sequenced a marker gene (Cytochrome B) and compared results to a gene database assembled from GenBank. Our results genetically confirm the individual from Anjajavy as L. grewcockorum. Additional genetic analyses, coupled with known census sites, might render this species more widely distributed than originally thought. We encourage further survey, genetic, and behavioral work within the remaining forest patches of the IRS III to clarify the true range, population estimates, and ecological characteristics of L. grewcockorum. This study demonstrates the value of using genetics to identify species that are morphologically similar and to determine the boundaries of their geographic ranges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |
