%0 Journal Article
%T Survival of a wild ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) with abdominal trauma in an anthropogenically disturbed habitat
%A Anneke Moresco
%A R. Scott Larsen
%A Michelle L. Sauther
%A Frank P. Cuozzo
%J Madagascar Conservation & Development
%D 2012
%I Madagascar Wildlife Conservation, Jane Goodall Institute Switzerland
%X Soft tissue injuries are rarely reported in wild primates as these heal fast, are not obvious, and are rapidly scavenged or decompose after death. An adult female ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) was found to have a chronic gastrointestinal fistula in Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar. She was observed monthly for 13 months until her remains, which showed evidence of dog predation, were found. Until then, she was in good body condition, had gained weight from the previous year and was observed to exhibit normal behaviour and produce an infant. This report documents a wild strepsirrhine primate able to survive significant soft tissue injury in an anthropogenically disturbed habitat. R¨¦SUM¨¦Il est rare que des blessures dans les tissus mous soient signal¨¦s chez les primates vivant ¨¤ l¡¯¨¦tat sauvage car ces blessures gu¨¦rissent rapidement, sont moins visibles ou que les animaux eux-m¨ºmes se d¨¦composent ou sont rapidement mang¨¦s par d¡¯autres animaux apr¨¨s leur mort. Une femelle adulte de l¨¦mur catta (Lemur catta) a ¨¦t¨¦ trouv¨¦e avec une fistule gastro-intestinale chronique. Elle avait ¨¦t¨¦ observ¨¦e vivante tous les mois pendant 13 mois avant que nous ne trouvions son cadavre, qui montrait des signes de pr¨¦dation par des chiens. Jusque-l¨¤, elle ¨¦tait en bonne condition physique, avait pris du poids par rapport ¨¤ l¡¯ann¨¦e pr¨¦c¨¦dente, montrait un comportement normal et avait donn¨¦ naissance ¨¤ un petit. Ce rapport documente une l¨¦sion grave des tissus mous sur un Prosimien qui a ¨¦t¨¦ capable de survivre dans un habitat perturb¨¦ par l¡¯homme.
%K lemur
%K survival
%K injury
%K strepsirrhine
%K prosimian
%K Beza Mahafaly
%K blessure
%K Prosimien
%K Lemur catta
%K Madagascar
%K survie
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