Mouse lemurs may provide insight into human behaviour and well-being
June 26, 2017 by Michael Collins
They weigh only about 50g and have big brown eyes. You may think you're looking at a very cute rodent. You're not.
Despite their name, mouse lemurs are actually primates and our evolutionary relatives.
"We share a few key features with mouse lemurs like bigger that average brains, similar hands and skeletal structure, and certain visual traits," says Malcolm Ramsay. "That's where it ends though. Lemurs, all 100-plus species of them, are incredibly unique and diverse."
A University of Toronto anthropology PhD student, Ramsay is studying mouse lemurs in Ankarafantsika National Park in Madagascar. He began his PhD in 2016, under the supervision of Shawn Lehman, an associate professor in the department of anthropology in the Faculty of Arts & Science.
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