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SF Zoo Searches for Missing Lemur. NBC Bay Area. Oct 15, 2020.
Maki mystery: How did the lemur go missing? KRON4 Bay Area News. Oct 16, 2020.
One-two punch of drought, pandemic hits Madagascar’s poor and its wildlife. Mongabay. June 12, 2020.
Lemur Yoga: fueling the trade for wild lemurs? Commentary. Mongabay. June 2019.
For endangered lemurs, internet fame has a dark side. ScienceDaily. January 2019.
Viral Video of endangered lemur made people want one as a pet: study. MONGABAY. January 2019
Those cute animal videos on Twitter have a dark side. Association of American Universities. January 2019.
Lemur poop could pinpoint poaching hotspots. PHYS.ORG September 2016
Lemur poop could pinpoint poaching hotspots. DUKE RESEARCH BLOG. September 2016
What Conservation isn’t: Eating endangered lemurs to save them. MONGABAY. August 2016
Tous contre le commerce illegal des lemuriens. LE CITOYEN. July 2016
Madagascar’s Treasure: Keeping Lemurs Wild. MADAGASCAR TODAY. July 2016
The disturbing backstory to the ‘cute lemur’ viral video. EPOCH TIMES. May 2016
Unfortunately, you can’t have a lemur as a pet. SLATE. May 2016
What you need to know about that cute lemur video. NPR. May 2016
These baboons and lemurs have left the trees to live in caves. NEW SCIENTIST. January 2016
Ring-tailed lemurs threatened by illegal pet trade. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. August 2015
Madagascar’s most famous lemurs facing big threats. MONGABAY. December 2013
First evidence of primates regularly sleeping in caves. SCIENCE DAILY. December 2013
Cave sleeping a regular occurrence for Madagascar lemurs: Study. REDORBIT. December 2013
Camera traps reveal lemur surprise. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. December 2012
Maki mystery: How did the lemur go missing? KRON4 Bay Area News. Oct 16, 2020.
One-two punch of drought, pandemic hits Madagascar’s poor and its wildlife. Mongabay. June 12, 2020.
Lemur Yoga: fueling the trade for wild lemurs? Commentary. Mongabay. June 2019.
For endangered lemurs, internet fame has a dark side. ScienceDaily. January 2019.
Viral Video of endangered lemur made people want one as a pet: study. MONGABAY. January 2019
Those cute animal videos on Twitter have a dark side. Association of American Universities. January 2019.
Lemur poop could pinpoint poaching hotspots. PHYS.ORG September 2016
Lemur poop could pinpoint poaching hotspots. DUKE RESEARCH BLOG. September 2016
What Conservation isn’t: Eating endangered lemurs to save them. MONGABAY. August 2016
Tous contre le commerce illegal des lemuriens. LE CITOYEN. July 2016
Madagascar’s Treasure: Keeping Lemurs Wild. MADAGASCAR TODAY. July 2016
The disturbing backstory to the ‘cute lemur’ viral video. EPOCH TIMES. May 2016
Unfortunately, you can’t have a lemur as a pet. SLATE. May 2016
What you need to know about that cute lemur video. NPR. May 2016
These baboons and lemurs have left the trees to live in caves. NEW SCIENTIST. January 2016
Ring-tailed lemurs threatened by illegal pet trade. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. August 2015
Madagascar’s most famous lemurs facing big threats. MONGABAY. December 2013
First evidence of primates regularly sleeping in caves. SCIENCE DAILY. December 2013
Cave sleeping a regular occurrence for Madagascar lemurs: Study. REDORBIT. December 2013
Camera traps reveal lemur surprise. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. December 2012
Scientific publications and reports
Best Practice Guidelines for Responsible Images of Non-Human Primates. IUCN Primates Section for Human Primate Interactions. Available online.
LaFleur M, Reuter KE, Rasoanaivo H, McKernan S, Rakotosamimanana N, Ranaivomanana, P GrandJean-Lapierre, S. Accepted Dec 16, 2020. Zoonotic tuberculosis in an illegally wild-captured pet ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) in Madagascar. Emerging Infectious Disease.
LaFleur M. 2020. Mirza coquereli. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. Available online.
LaFleur M. 2020. Lepilemur mustelinus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. Available online.
LaFleur M, Gould L. 2020. Lemur catta. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. Available online.
LaFleur M, Bornbusch S. 2020. Lepilemur hubbardorum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. Available online.
Chandrashekar A, Knierim JA, Khan S, Raboin DL, Venkatesh S, Clarke TA, Cuozzo FP, LaFleur M, Lawler RR, Parga JA, Rasamimanana HR. Genetic population structure of endangered ring‐tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) from nine sites in southern Madagascar. Ecology and evolution. 2020 Aug;10(15):8030-43. Available online.
Reuter KE, and LaFleur M. 2019/2020. Short-term impact of conference scholarships on Malagasy tropical biology researchers. Lemur News. Available online.
LaFleur M, Reuter K, and Schaefer M. 2019/2020. Tourism and lemurs: the fate of diurnal indriids at popular tourist destinations. Lemur News. Available online.
Reuter KE, LaFleur M, Clarke TA, Holiniaina Kjeldgaard F, Ramanantenasoa I, Ratolojanahary T, Ratsimbazafy J, Rodriguez L, Schaeffer T, Schaefer MS. 2019. A national survey of household pet lemur ownership in Madagascar. PLoS ONE 14(5): e0216593. Open access.
LaFleur M, Clarke T, Reuter K, Schaefer M, terHorst C. 2019. Illegal trade of wild-captured Lemur catta in Madagascar. Folia Primatologica Online first. Available on Research Gate.
Clarke T, Reuter K, LaFleur M, Schaefer M. 2019. A viral video and pet lemurs on Twitter. PLoS ONE 13(1): e0208577. Available on ResearchGate.
LaFleur M, Gould L, Sauther M, Clarke T, Reuter K. 2018. Re-stating the case for sharp decline of ring-tailed lemurs. Folia Primatologica 89(5):295-304. Available on ResearchGate.
Reuter KE, Clarke TA, LaFleur M, Schaefer MS. 2018. Rabies and aggression in pet lemurs in Madagascar. Madagascar Conservation and Development. Available on ResearchGate.
Reuter K, Clarke T, LaFleur M, Ratsimbazafy J, Holiniaina Kjeldgaard F, Rodriguez L, Schaeffer T, Schaefer M. 2018. Exploring the role of wealth and religion on the ownership of captive lemurs in Madagascar using qualitative and quantitative data. Folia Primatologica. Available on ResearchGate.
LaFleur M, Clarke T, Reuter K, and Ratzimbazafy J. 2017. Lemur catta (Linnaeus, 1758). Primates in Peril: The world’s 25 most endangered primates. In: C. Schwitzer, R.A. Mittermeier, A.B. Rylands, F. Chiozza, E.A. Williamson, E.J. Macfie, J. Wallis and A. Cotton (eds.), Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2016–2018, pp. 35-37. IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG), International Primatological Society (IPS), Conservation International (CI), and Bristol Zoological Society, Arlington, VA. Available on ResearchGate.
LaFleur M, Clarke T, Reuter K, and Schaeffer T. 2017. Rapid decline of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) in Madagascar. Folia Primatologica. 87:320–330. Available on ResearchGate.
LaFleur M, and Pebsworth P. 2017. Camera Traps. International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Available on ResearchGate.
Reuter K, LaFleur M, Clarke T. 2017. Endangered species: Illegal lemur trade grows in Madagascar. Nature. 541:157. Available on ResearchGate.
Reuter K, Clarke T, LaFleur M, Rodriguez L, Hanitriniaina S, Schaefer M. 2017. Trade of parrots in urban areas of Madagascar. Madagascar Conservation and Development 12(1):41-48. Available on ResearchGate.
Ohba M, Samonds KE, LaFleur M, Ali JR, and Godfrey LR. I. 2016. Madagascar’s climate at the K/P boundary and its impact on the island’s biotic suite. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 441(4): 688-695. Available on ResearchGate.
LaFleur M, Sauther M. 2015. Seasonal ecology of ring-tailed lemurs: a comparison of spiny and gallery forest habitats. Folia Primatologica 86(1-2): 25-34. Available on ResearchGate.
LaFleur M, Clarke T, Giraud L, Youssouf J, Gould L, and Adiba M. 2015. Reniala Lemur Rescue Center for Ring-tailed Lemurs in Madagascar. Lemur News: The Newsletter of the Madagascar Section of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group 19 (11-13). Available at: http://www.primate-sg.org/lemur_news/
Gould L, Kelley EA, LaFleur M. 2015. Reproductive female feeding strategies in spiny forest-dwelling Lemur catta in southern and southwestern Madagascar: how do females meet the challenges of reproduction in this harsh habitat? Folia Primatologica 86:16-24. Available on ResearchGate.
LaFleur M, Sauther ML, Cuozzo FP, Yamashita N, Youssouf IAJ, Bender R. 2014. Cathemerality in wild ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) in the spiny forest of Tsimanampetsotsa National Park: camera trap data and preliminary behavioral observations. Primates 8(2):1-11.Available on ResearchGate.
Pebsworth P and LaFleur M. 2014. Camera trap use in primate studies. International Journal of Primatology 35(5):825-840. Available on ResearchGate.
Schwitzer C, Mittermeier RA, Johnson SE, Ratsimbazafy J, Razafindramanana J, Louis EE, Chikhi L, Colquhoun IC, Crick J, Dolch R, Donati G, Irwin M, LaFleur M, Nash S, Patel E, Peacock H, Randrianambinina B, Rasolofoharivelo T, and Wright P. 2014. Protecting Lemurs: Response. Science 344(6182):358-360. Available online.
Schwitzer C, Mittermeier RA, Johnson SE, Ratsimbazafy J, Razafindramanana J, Louis EE, Chikhi L, Colquhoun IC, Crick J, Dolch R, Donati G, Irwin M, LaFleur M, Nash S, Patel E, Peacock H, Randrianambinina B, Rasolofoharivelo T, and Wright P. 2014. Averting Lemur Extinctions Amid Madagascar's Political Crisis. Science 343(6173):842-843. Available online.
Cuozzo FP, Rasoazanabary E, Godfrey LR, Sauther ML, Jacky Youssouf IA, LaFleur M. 2013. Biological variability in a large sample of mouse lemurs (Microcebus sp. cf. griseorufus) from Amboasary, Madagascar: Implications for interpreting variation in primate biology. J Hum Evol 64(1):1-20. Available on ResearchGate.
Sauther ML, Cuozzo FP, Youssouf IA, LaFleur Jacky Youssouf JIA, Fish K, Ravelohasindrazana LAL, Ravoavy JF, LaFleur M. 2013. Limestone cliff-face and cave use by wild ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) in southwestern Madagascar. Madagascar Conservation and Development 8(2):73-80. Available on ResearchGate.
LaFleur M. 2012. Ecology of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) at the Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, Madagascar: Implications for female dominance and the evolution of lemur traits. PhD dissertation. University of Colorado Boulder. Available online.
LaFleur M, Gould L. 2009. Feeding Outside the Forest: The importance of crop raiding and an invasive weed in the diet of gallery forest Lemur catta following a cyclone at the Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar. Folia Primatologica 80:233-246. Available on ResearchGate.
LaFleur M, Reuter KE, Rasoanaivo H, McKernan S, Rakotosamimanana N, Ranaivomanana, P GrandJean-Lapierre, S. Accepted Dec 16, 2020. Zoonotic tuberculosis in an illegally wild-captured pet ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) in Madagascar. Emerging Infectious Disease.
LaFleur M. 2020. Mirza coquereli. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. Available online.
LaFleur M. 2020. Lepilemur mustelinus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. Available online.
LaFleur M, Gould L. 2020. Lemur catta. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. Available online.
LaFleur M, Bornbusch S. 2020. Lepilemur hubbardorum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. Available online.
Chandrashekar A, Knierim JA, Khan S, Raboin DL, Venkatesh S, Clarke TA, Cuozzo FP, LaFleur M, Lawler RR, Parga JA, Rasamimanana HR. Genetic population structure of endangered ring‐tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) from nine sites in southern Madagascar. Ecology and evolution. 2020 Aug;10(15):8030-43. Available online.
Reuter KE, and LaFleur M. 2019/2020. Short-term impact of conference scholarships on Malagasy tropical biology researchers. Lemur News. Available online.
LaFleur M, Reuter K, and Schaefer M. 2019/2020. Tourism and lemurs: the fate of diurnal indriids at popular tourist destinations. Lemur News. Available online.
Reuter KE, LaFleur M, Clarke TA, Holiniaina Kjeldgaard F, Ramanantenasoa I, Ratolojanahary T, Ratsimbazafy J, Rodriguez L, Schaeffer T, Schaefer MS. 2019. A national survey of household pet lemur ownership in Madagascar. PLoS ONE 14(5): e0216593. Open access.
LaFleur M, Clarke T, Reuter K, Schaefer M, terHorst C. 2019. Illegal trade of wild-captured Lemur catta in Madagascar. Folia Primatologica Online first. Available on Research Gate.
Clarke T, Reuter K, LaFleur M, Schaefer M. 2019. A viral video and pet lemurs on Twitter. PLoS ONE 13(1): e0208577. Available on ResearchGate.
LaFleur M, Gould L, Sauther M, Clarke T, Reuter K. 2018. Re-stating the case for sharp decline of ring-tailed lemurs. Folia Primatologica 89(5):295-304. Available on ResearchGate.
Reuter KE, Clarke TA, LaFleur M, Schaefer MS. 2018. Rabies and aggression in pet lemurs in Madagascar. Madagascar Conservation and Development. Available on ResearchGate.
Reuter K, Clarke T, LaFleur M, Ratsimbazafy J, Holiniaina Kjeldgaard F, Rodriguez L, Schaeffer T, Schaefer M. 2018. Exploring the role of wealth and religion on the ownership of captive lemurs in Madagascar using qualitative and quantitative data. Folia Primatologica. Available on ResearchGate.
LaFleur M, Clarke T, Reuter K, and Ratzimbazafy J. 2017. Lemur catta (Linnaeus, 1758). Primates in Peril: The world’s 25 most endangered primates. In: C. Schwitzer, R.A. Mittermeier, A.B. Rylands, F. Chiozza, E.A. Williamson, E.J. Macfie, J. Wallis and A. Cotton (eds.), Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2016–2018, pp. 35-37. IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG), International Primatological Society (IPS), Conservation International (CI), and Bristol Zoological Society, Arlington, VA. Available on ResearchGate.
LaFleur M, Clarke T, Reuter K, and Schaeffer T. 2017. Rapid decline of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) in Madagascar. Folia Primatologica. 87:320–330. Available on ResearchGate.
LaFleur M, and Pebsworth P. 2017. Camera Traps. International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Available on ResearchGate.
Reuter K, LaFleur M, Clarke T. 2017. Endangered species: Illegal lemur trade grows in Madagascar. Nature. 541:157. Available on ResearchGate.
Reuter K, Clarke T, LaFleur M, Rodriguez L, Hanitriniaina S, Schaefer M. 2017. Trade of parrots in urban areas of Madagascar. Madagascar Conservation and Development 12(1):41-48. Available on ResearchGate.
Ohba M, Samonds KE, LaFleur M, Ali JR, and Godfrey LR. I. 2016. Madagascar’s climate at the K/P boundary and its impact on the island’s biotic suite. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 441(4): 688-695. Available on ResearchGate.
LaFleur M, Sauther M. 2015. Seasonal ecology of ring-tailed lemurs: a comparison of spiny and gallery forest habitats. Folia Primatologica 86(1-2): 25-34. Available on ResearchGate.
LaFleur M, Clarke T, Giraud L, Youssouf J, Gould L, and Adiba M. 2015. Reniala Lemur Rescue Center for Ring-tailed Lemurs in Madagascar. Lemur News: The Newsletter of the Madagascar Section of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group 19 (11-13). Available at: http://www.primate-sg.org/lemur_news/
Gould L, Kelley EA, LaFleur M. 2015. Reproductive female feeding strategies in spiny forest-dwelling Lemur catta in southern and southwestern Madagascar: how do females meet the challenges of reproduction in this harsh habitat? Folia Primatologica 86:16-24. Available on ResearchGate.
LaFleur M, Sauther ML, Cuozzo FP, Yamashita N, Youssouf IAJ, Bender R. 2014. Cathemerality in wild ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) in the spiny forest of Tsimanampetsotsa National Park: camera trap data and preliminary behavioral observations. Primates 8(2):1-11.Available on ResearchGate.
Pebsworth P and LaFleur M. 2014. Camera trap use in primate studies. International Journal of Primatology 35(5):825-840. Available on ResearchGate.
Schwitzer C, Mittermeier RA, Johnson SE, Ratsimbazafy J, Razafindramanana J, Louis EE, Chikhi L, Colquhoun IC, Crick J, Dolch R, Donati G, Irwin M, LaFleur M, Nash S, Patel E, Peacock H, Randrianambinina B, Rasolofoharivelo T, and Wright P. 2014. Protecting Lemurs: Response. Science 344(6182):358-360. Available online.
Schwitzer C, Mittermeier RA, Johnson SE, Ratsimbazafy J, Razafindramanana J, Louis EE, Chikhi L, Colquhoun IC, Crick J, Dolch R, Donati G, Irwin M, LaFleur M, Nash S, Patel E, Peacock H, Randrianambinina B, Rasolofoharivelo T, and Wright P. 2014. Averting Lemur Extinctions Amid Madagascar's Political Crisis. Science 343(6173):842-843. Available online.
Cuozzo FP, Rasoazanabary E, Godfrey LR, Sauther ML, Jacky Youssouf IA, LaFleur M. 2013. Biological variability in a large sample of mouse lemurs (Microcebus sp. cf. griseorufus) from Amboasary, Madagascar: Implications for interpreting variation in primate biology. J Hum Evol 64(1):1-20. Available on ResearchGate.
Sauther ML, Cuozzo FP, Youssouf IA, LaFleur Jacky Youssouf JIA, Fish K, Ravelohasindrazana LAL, Ravoavy JF, LaFleur M. 2013. Limestone cliff-face and cave use by wild ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) in southwestern Madagascar. Madagascar Conservation and Development 8(2):73-80. Available on ResearchGate.
LaFleur M. 2012. Ecology of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) at the Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, Madagascar: Implications for female dominance and the evolution of lemur traits. PhD dissertation. University of Colorado Boulder. Available online.
LaFleur M, Gould L. 2009. Feeding Outside the Forest: The importance of crop raiding and an invasive weed in the diet of gallery forest Lemur catta following a cyclone at the Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar. Folia Primatologica 80:233-246. Available on ResearchGate.
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