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Distribution and morphological characters of intermediate forms between the black lemur (Eulemur macaco macaco) and the Sclater's lemur (E. m. flavifrons)

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A study of intermediate forms betweenEulemur macaco macaco andE. m. flavifrons was performed on animals in different areas located to the north, south, and east of the known limits of distribution in Maromandia. A large hybridization zone was defined and morphological and dermatoglyphic comparisons were done on the different animals.

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  1. Laboratoire d'Anthropologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Tananarive (Dir. Pf Rakotosamimanana B.), Madagascar

    C. Rabarivola

  2. Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, 27705, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.

    D. Meyers

  3. Université Louis Pasteur, France

    Y. Rumpler

  4. Faculté de Médecine, Institut d'Embryologie, 11, rue Humann, 67085, Strasbourg Cedex, France

    Y. Rumpler

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Rabarivola, C., Meyers, D. & Rumpler, Y. Distribution and morphological characters of intermediate forms between the black lemur (Eulemur macaco macaco) and the Sclater's lemur (E. m. flavifrons). Primates 32, 269–273 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02381186

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