Lemur catta

Animalia, Lemuridae, EN

Lemur catta is a relatively large, diurnal lemur, easily recognized by its black-and- white ringed tail. It is by far the most terrestrial of the lemurs. It has a head-body length of 39–46 cm, a tail length of 56–63 cm, a total length of 95–110 cm, and a mean weight of 2.2 kg (Sussman, 1991). The dorsal coat is gray to rosy-brown along the back, gray along the flanks, limbs and haunches, and darker gray on the crown and neck. The ventral coat is white to cream. The throat, cheeks, ears, and forehead are white. The muzzle is grayish and the nose is black. The eyes are circled by black, triangular rings. The tail is ringed with black-and-white transverse bands along its entire length, the tip being black. \([\dots]\) https://lemursofmadagascar.com

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Current distribution

N. of observation used in the models

  N = 132

  Species distribution area

  SDA = 119 337 km\(^2\)

 

  Model performance

	ROC	OA	TSS
Value	0.99	0.80	0.76

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Climatic niche

Climatic and altitudinal range

 

	temp	prec	tseas	pseas	cwd	foret	alt
Mean	231	739	2761	102	603	29	457
2.5%	158	423	2405	59	64	0	10
97.5%	258	1402	3190	135	901	100	1654

Variable importance

	GLM	GAM	RF	MaxE	ANN	mrank	rank
temp	0.05	0.35	0.26	0.17	0.26	4.20	5
prec	0.92	0.88	0.76	0.98	0.53	1.20	1
tseas	0.19	0.38	0.44	0.17	0.24	3.00	2
pseas	0.09	0.08	0.38	0.23	0.41	3.20	3
cwd	0.07	0.18	0.37	0.15	0.68	3.60	4
foret	0.05	0.07	0.28	0.12	0.13	5.80	6

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Vulnerability to climate change

Full dispersal

  RCP : 85, Year : 2080

 

Zero dispersal

  RCP : 85, Year : 2080

 

Scenarios

	RCP	Year	Disp	Area	Change
1	45	2080	full	136 313	14
2	45	2080	zero	99 815	-16
3	85	2080	full	158 384	33
4	85	2080	zero	101 931	-15

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