Madagascar: Up Close and Personal
Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 11:56
in Biology & Nature
University of North Dakota anthropologist Frank Cuozzo and his colleagues are interested in threats to the local ringtail lemur population in remote southern Madagascar. What they've found is that overgrazing by cattle herds has decimated the supply of soft fruits and other palatable lemur delights outside of the conservation zone. This forces the lemurs high into the trees above the grassland to feed on the tough pods of the fruit from the tamarind tree.