Calls of the Ring-tailed Lemur

Calls of the Ring-tailed Lemur

The Ring-tailed Lemur has a complex array of distinct vocalizations used to maintain group cohesion during foraging and alert group members to the presence of a predator. The tables below detail calls documented in the wild and studied at the Duke Lemur Center.cite journal |last = Macedonia |first = Joseph M. |date = 1993 |title = The Vocal Repertoire of the Ringtailed Lemur ("Lemur catta") |journal = Folia Primatologica |volume = 61 |pages = 186–217]

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