ARCH 344 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Scramble Competition, Mouse Lemur, Estrous Cycle

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Ch 5 the social life of the brown mouse lemur. Social structure has been defined as the composition of a group or population and the way that animals within the group distribute themselves in space: social organization constitutes the sum total of social relations and interactions. The way that animals meet their basic needs including feeding, avoiding predators, and mating are influenced by species-specific patterns of spatial distribution and social relationships. Nocturnal primates are neither uniform in their social behavior, nor are they always particularly solitary. Males slept alone while females slept communally and raised their young ones together making sleeping group and essential unit of social life. Females are philopatric, with female offspring settling close to their mothers. Mouse lemurs exhibit variety in their social life. Investigating social organization in the brown mouse lemur. Mouse lemurs considered adults by 3 months.

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