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- Title
In•Brief.
- Abstract
The article offers information on the study conducted on bamboo lemurs in Madagascar. Researchers confirmed the existence of a population of these animals more than 400 kilometers from the only place where these animals are known to live, hoping for them to survive. In 2007, researchers discovered in the Torotorofotsy wetlands of the east central of the island a distinctive species of lemurs which have jaws powerful enough to crack giant bamboo, considered to be its favorite food. The site is considered a designated Ramsar site of international importance under the 1971 Convention on Wetlands. It notes that habitat destruction from slash-and-burn agriculture and illegal logging threatens the previously known populations of about 100 individuals.
- Subjects
MADAGASCAR; LEMURS; WILDLIFE conservation; ENDANGERED species; WILDLIFE management; WILDLIFE rehabilitation; WILDLIFE rescue; WILDLIFE depredation; HABITATS
- Publication
Science & Children, 2008, Vol 46, Issue 1, p13
- ISSN
0036-8148
- Publication type
Article