Did
you know that most Lemur
Societies are Female
Dominant?
Did you know that most Lemur
Societies are Female
Dominant? Female
Dominance in Non-Human
Primates is rare and this social characteristic is
yet another attribute that sets the Madagascar
Lemurs apart from other Old
World Primates? If you watch the www.tigerhomes.org Lemur
Web Cams long enough, you will surely observe Submissive
Male Lemurs running from and or obeying their female
habitat mates. This Submissive
Behavior is typical throughout most of the year. The
exception to this is during Mating
Season. During the seasonal Lemur
Mating Season when the females come into their Estrus
Period, the males become more and more bold. If you
have a careful eye for observing Animal
Behavior you will notice by watching the Web
Cameras in the Black
and White Ruffed Lemur Habitats this behavioral change.
When the female 1st goes into heat the males practically
beg for sex and are always rejected. As the females get further
along in their cycle the males become more and more persistent
and aggressively attempt to mate. This is one of the few
times you will observe this Lemur
Behavior with-in a Social
Group. The male’s primary function in a Lemur
Society is to protect and define territories and to
pass on Genetic Material via
mating. Outside of the “Mating Season’, the males
are typically submissive to the females. But like Dave says, “They
maybe submissive to the females, but the females don’t
always win 100% of the time” ;-) Every dog has his
day with lemurs too. To catch and observe this rare “Female
Dominance” behavior as well as a host of other
rarely observed naturalistic behaviors you need to check
out our State-Of-The-Art Web
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