Hunter Primate Molecular Ecology Laboratory - PMEL, New York, NY Videos
Videos by Hunter Primate Molecular Ecology Laboratory - PMEL in New York. Members of PMEL investigate primate behavioral ecology and evolution via integrative analyses of genotypic & phenotypic variation
Meet LAHITSARA Jean Pierre (Pierre), the RRLP’s Lead Technician. Pierre has worked to study and protect ruffed lemurs since 2007. Fun fact: Pierre actually started as a cook, but quickly joined the team as a trainee, and has now become an indispensable part of our team!
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Meet LAHITSARA Jean Pierre (Pierre), the RRLP’s Lead Technician. Pierre has worked to study and protect ruffed lemurs since 2007. Fun fact: Pierre actually started as a cook, but quickly joined the team as a trainee, and has now become an indispensable part of our team!
Meet Josephine a lab member at PMEL and a Masters student at Hunter College! She is researching allomaternal care (AMC) in the black-and-white ruffed lemur. AMC refers to when another individual, other than the mother, provides any form of infant care. #lemur #lemursofmadagascar #wildliferesearch
Did you know that black-and-white ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata) are among the most vocal lemur species? We asked our team members to do their best impressions of some of the ruffed lemurs’ most common calls! And watch til the end to hear what a real ruffed lemur sounds like! Comment below with how you think we did with our calls. A recent paper by Ruffed Lemur Project member Carly Batist et al. (2023) identified 11 different call types! Check out more here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10329-023-01083-8
Meet Mihary! She is a student at the University of Antananarivo in the animal biology department and a crucial member of our team! Thank you Mihary for all the hard work you do here at the Ranomafana Ruffed Lemur Project. It’s because of her, along with our dedicated team of researchers and field techs, that we can continue our work in understanding the behavior and ecology of the critically endangered ruffed lemur and help protect them through the RRLP’s conservation efforts! #conservation #lemur #lemursofmadagascar
Did you know there are over 100 species of lemurs in Madagascar? Each species is unique with differing characteristics from appearance to behavior. While we over here at the Ruffed Lemur Project love them all it is fun to talk about which ones are our favorites and why. Comment below your favorite species of lemur! #primate #lemur #lemursofmadagascar
Here veterinarian Dr. Randy Junge and researcher Dr. Andrea Baden examine two confiscated black-and-white ruffed lemur juveniles rescued from the pet trade. These two youngsters were sedated to draw blood and perform general health checks in hopes that they would be in good enough health to some day be rereleased back into the wild. Unfortunately, these animals were taken from their mother when they were only infants, making it difficult to do so. They did not learn the skills necessary to survive — things like finding food or avoiding predators— that they would have been taught living in their home communities. Plus, we must be cautious of any potential diseases or infections that they could potentially introduce to vulnerable wild populations.
Happy world lemur day!! To celebrate our wonderful, fluffy tailed friends please enjoy these clips of black-and-white ruffed lemurs being released back into their natural habitat! All lemurs were sedated to provide them with radio collars which helps us track them for research. Each lemur was monitored and observed to ensure sedation had properly worn off before they happily returned to their social group. #worldlemurday #lemur #conservation #wildlife
Meet Dr. Randy Junge! Not only is he the Vice President of Animal Health at the @columbuszoo but he also is a crucial member of the Ruffed Lemur Project. Randy works hard to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the lemurs from their capture to their release! Thank you Randy!
Join us for a typical day in the life at our field site in Madagascar where we research and monitor wild black-and-white ruffed lemurs! #conservation #lemursofmadagascar #dayinthelife