Contents

pp vii-ix

List of contributors

pp x-xiv

Foreword

pp xv-xx

Part I - Cheirogaleidae: evolution, taxonomy, and genetics

pp 1-2

1 - Cheirogaleid diversity and evolution: big questions about small primates

pp 3-20

2 - The taxonomy of Cheirogaleidae: an ever-expanding species list

pp 21-53

3 - Mitogenomics of the family Cheirogaleidae and relationships to taxonomy and biogeography in Madagascar

pp 54-93

4 - Why cheirogaleids are bad models for primate ancestors: a phylogenetic reconstruction

pp 94-112

5 - Contact zones and species sympatry in dwarf lemurs (genus Cheirogaleus): the roles of ecological adaptation and sexual selection

pp 113-132

Part II - Methods for studying captive and wild cheirogaleids

pp 133-134

6 - How to anesthetize mouse lemurs

pp 135-160

7 - Microcebus murinus – a unique primate for modeling human brain disorders, including Alzheimer's disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy

pp 161-173

8 - Life history variation in mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus, M. lehilahytsara): the effect of environmental and phylogenetic determinants

pp 174-194

9 - The effects of the lunar cycle, temperature, and rainfall on the trapping success of wild brown mouse lemurs (Microcebus rufus) in Ranomafana National Park, southeastern Madagascar

pp 195-209

10 - Tiny samples from tiny lemurs: methodological considerations for endoparasite analyses in mouse lemurs

pp 210-219

11 - A review of ectoparasites in the Cheirogaleidae

pp 220-232

Part III - Cheirogaleidae: behavior and ecology

pp 233-234

12 - Morphology, behaviour, ranging patterns and habitat use of the northern giant mouse lemur Mirza zaza in Sahamalaza, northwestern Madagascar

pp 235-254

13 - Living in riverine and xeric forests: Microcebus griseorufus at Beza Mahafaly, southwestern Madagascar

pp 255-280

14 - Determinants of isotopic variation in two sympatric mouse lemur species from northwestern Madagascar

pp 281-304

15 - Your food, my food: patterns of resource use in two sympatric mouse lemur species

pp 305-316

16 - The physiology of phyletic dwarfi sm in Cheirogaleidae

pp 317-334

17 - Possible causes and consequences of different hibernation patterns in Cheirogaleus species – Mitovy fatsy sahala

pp 335-350

Part IV - Cheirogaleidae: sensory ecology, communication, and cognition

pp 351-352

18 - Seed dispersal by mouse lemurs: do Microcebus represent a unique frugivorous guild?

pp 353-365

19 - Predation in the dark: antipredator strategies of Cheirogaleidae and other nocturnal primates

pp 366-380

20 - The gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus): a novel cognitive primate brain aging model

pp 381-404

21 - Acoustic divergence in communication of cheirogaleids with special emphasis to mouse lemurs

pp 405-421

22 - Modeling the origins of primate sociality: social fl exibility and kinship in mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.)

pp 422-446