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- Title
Evidence of Invasive Felis silvestris Predation on Propithecus verreauxi at Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar.
- Authors
Brockman, Diane K.; Godfrey, Laurie R.; Dollar, Luke J.; Ratsirarson, Joelisoa
- Abstract
Increasing evidence supports the idea that endemic avian and mammalian predators have profoundly impacted primate populations in Madagascar (Goodman, S. M. Predation on lemurs. In S. M. Goodman, & J. P. Benstead (Eds.), The natural history of Madagascar (pp. 1221–1228). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (2003).). The role in regulating lemur populations of the 3 introduced mammalian carnivorans —small Indian civets ( Viverricula indica, Desmarest 1804), domestic dogs ( Canis lupus familiaris, Linnaeus 1758), and invasive wildcats ( Felis silvestris, Schreber 1775)— is less clear, but recent evidence suggests that the latter 2 are becoming important predators of diurnal lemurs. We report evidence for invasive wildcat predation on sifaka ( Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi) in Parcel 1 at Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar, including skeletal remains of apparent Propithecus sifaka victims, observations of wildcat predatory behavior, and behavioral responses of the lemurs in the presence of wildcats.
- Subjects
MADAGASCAR; WILDCAT; PREDATION; VERREAUX'S sifaka; LEMURS; PREDATORY animals; ANIMAL populations; WILDLIFE refuges
- Publication
International Journal of Primatology, 2008, Vol 29, Issue 1, p135
- ISSN
0164-0291
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10764-007-9145-5