Hybrid crowned x black lemur - perched, Palmarium, Madagascar

- No description given -

comments (9)

Christine Young

Lion

Fyi, I did some reading about the hybrid lemurs and it seems that not all are sterile. Posted 6 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  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
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Thank you :) Posted 6 years ago
3. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  So does that mean they can go on to produce a hybrid-hybrid? Posted 6 years ago
4. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    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
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      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
    2. 1. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        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
      2. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        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
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        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

No species identified

The species on this photo is not identified yet. When signed in, you can identify species on photos that you uploaded. If you have earned the social image editing capability, you can also identify species on photos uploaded by others.

By Ferdy Christant

Uploaded Jan 4, 2020. Captured Jul 22, 2019 11:19 in Vohibinany, Madagascar.

Explore Madagascar 3,173 779 0

NIKON D850
f/2.8
1/250s
ISO2200
85mm

View light conditions of this photo

Captured in the winter. More winter photos.