Patterns of Activity in Three Nocturnal Prosimian Species, <i>Galago senegalensis moholi, G. crassicaudatus umbrosus,</i> and <i>Microcebus murinus murinus</i>, under Semi-Natural Conditions

Vol. 21, No. 2, 1974

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Patterns of Activity in Three Nocturnal Prosimian Species, Galago senegalensis moholi, G. crassicaudatus umbrosus, and Microcebus murinus murinus, under Semi-Natural Conditions
D. Pinto, G.A. Doyle, S.K. Bearder

Department of Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

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Folia Primatol 1974;21:135-147 (DOI: 10.1159/000155609)

Key Words

Circadian patterns
Behavioural rhythmicity
Intra- vs. interspecific

Abstract

The rhythmicity of overall behaviour as well as specific patterns is described. Total daily activity, sleep and resting patterns, comfort activities, feeding allogrooming, urine washing, and locomotor patterns are compared in three species, yielding an inter/intraspecific comparison.

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