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Hybrid crowned x black lemur - perched, Palmarium, Madagascar  Africa,Geotagged,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Palmarium reserve,Winter,World Click/tap to enlarge

Hybrid crowned x black lemur - perched, Palmarium, Madagascar

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  1. Fyi, I did some reading about the hybrid lemurs and it seems that not all are sterile. Posted 6 years ago
    1. Oh, and I really love this shot too, lol. The perspective is neat and it gives a great view of that amazing tail! Posted 6 years ago
      1. Thank you :) Posted 6 years ago
    2. So does that mean they can go on to produce a hybrid-hybrid? Posted 6 years ago
      1. Good question...I have no idea. The paper I read was super scientific. Female hybrids seem to often be partially fertile, while the hybrid males are often as fertile as pure parental male lemurs, although they may produce less sperm. The hybrids will (always?) have a different chromosome count and three-way hybrids can be produced. So, I guess they would produce a hybrid-hybrid, of sorts. It would be interesting to know there could be four-way hybrids. The fertility/sterility issue does differ between lemur species/subspecies, and probably also depends on how many hybridizations have already been made. Posted 6 years ago
        1. Thanks! Perhaps you're referring to the article on researchgate? I did see it, but didn't have the will power to read it, glad you did :) Posted 6 years ago
          1. No, but I'm going to look into that one. The ones I partially read were in 2 journals: Primatology and The Sperm Cell, lol. There's also a website (macroevolution.net) with some info. It's all super technical though, and I also don't particularly have the will power to read it either as I'd have to look up the definitions of words in every sentence ;P. I should ask Dave to decipher it though as one of his degrees is in genetics. Lol, what a hoot. *edit and disclaimer- it is super interesting though!* Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago
            1. I just googled "researchgate hybrid lemurs" and found a gold mine of info that didn't come up in my search before. Posted 6 years ago
            2. Ugh, well at least you have 2 in the family used to reading science journals. None here :)

              The only reason I found out about the hybrids is because I was looking up reference images from Palmarium and a single image labeled a species as a hybrid. Then I remembered our guide actually did mention this, I simply had forgotten.
              Posted 6 years ago

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Uploaded Jan 4, 2020. Captured Jul 22, 2019 11:19 in Vohibinany, Madagascar.
  • NIKON D850
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  • 85mm