A comparison of activity patterns for captive Propithecus tattersalli and Propithecus coquereli.
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2016-03
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The activity patterns and social interactions of two species of captive sifaka were observed during a 2-year period. Allogrooming was not observed in golden-crowned sifaka and they spent significantly more time resting than the Coquerel's sifaka. Females of both species were found to be dominant to males. The golden-crowned sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) spent significantly less time feeding than the Coquerel's sifaka. Temperature, time of day, species, and interpair comparisons for the golden-crowned sifaka were found to affect activity and social interactions, while gender did not. Like the Coquerel's sifaka, the golden-crowned sifaka was found to be diurnal; however, they differed in that the golden-crowned sifaka did not descend to the ground.
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Wallace, Gregory L, Lisa B Paquette and Kenneth E Glander (2016). A comparison of activity patterns for captive Propithecus tattersalli and Propithecus coquereli. Zoo Biol, 35(2). pp. 128–136. 10.1002/zoo.21258 Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/16144.
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Kenneth Earl Glander
Primate ecology and social organization: the interaction between feeding patterns and social structure; evolutionary development of optimal group size and composition; factors affecting short and long-term demographic changes in stable groups; primate use of regenerating forests.
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