Prolemur simus

(Gray, 1870), Animalia, Lemuridae, CR

Prolemur simus is the largest of the bamboo lemurs and is so distinct that it has been placed in its own genus. It has a head-body length of 40–42 cm, a tail length of 45–48 cm, a total length of 85–90 cm, and a weight of 2.2–2.5 kg (Meier et al., 1987; Kappeler, 1991). The dorsal coat, including the tail, is grayish-brown with a slight reddish tinge; the head, neck, shoulders and upper arms tend to be more olive-brown. There is a rusty-brown pygal patch. The ventral coat is a lighter creamy-brown. The muzzle is blunt and dark gray, and the most distinctive feature of this species is its white ear tufts. There is no sexual difference in body weight (Tan, 2000). Garbutt (2007) mentions a population of P. simus discovered on the Andringitra Massif which might be a distinct color morph, having uniformly a deep golden-red head, upperparts, throat and underparts, but with a gray-tipped tail. The face and muzzle are dark. \([\dots]\) https://lemursofmadagascar.com

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Current distribution

N. of observation used in the models

  N = 95

  Species distribution area

  SDA = 48 956 km\(^2\)

 

  Model performance

	ROC	OA	TSS
Value	1.00	0.92	0.89

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Climatic niche

Climatic and altitudinal range

 

	temp	prec	tseas	pseas	cwd	foret	alt
Mean	207	2001	2540	72	53	37	650
2.5%	149	1214	2175	48	11	0	18
97.5%	239	2932	2766	92	185	100	1858

Variable importance

	GLM	GAM	RF	MaxE	ANN	mrank	rank
temp	0.16	0.21	0.19	0.39	0.39	5.60	6
prec	0.43	0.31	0.27	0.53	0.67	3.40	4
tseas	0.42	0.49	0.29	0.46	0.64	3.40	4
pseas	0.55	0.32	0.35	0.55	0.73	2.20	2
cwd	0.61	0.95	0.38	0.69	0.77	1.00	1
foret	0.14	0.20	0.24	0.40	0.44	5.40	5

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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	76 097	55
2	45	2080	zero	42 483	-13
3	85	2080	full	83 764	71
4	85	2080	zero	37 590	-23

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