Radhakrishna Sindhu, Singh Mewa
Department of Psychology, University of Mysore, Mysore, India.
Folia Primatol (Basel). 2004 Jan-Feb;75(1):1-13. doi: 10.1159/000073424.
The slender loris (Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus), a nocturnal prosimian, was studied for 21 months in its natural habitat of scrub jungle in Dindigul, south India. Here we report on its reproductive biology. Identified and unidentified lorises were observed for a total of 2,656 h. Reproductive seasonality was seen, with births and oestrus observed to be highest in April-June and October-December. The mating system was promiscuous with 1 female mating successively with 3-4 males. A gestation period of 5.5 months and an inter-birth interval of 7 months were recorded. Adult females had a reproductive potential of 4 infants per year. The findings presented in this paper constitute the first information on the life history parameters of wild slender lorises.
瘦懒猴(Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus)是一种夜行性原猴,在印度南部丁迪古尔的灌丛林自然栖息地进行了为期21个月的研究。在此,我们报告其生殖生物学。对已识别和未识别的瘦懒猴进行了总计2656小时的观察。观察到了繁殖季节性,4月至6月和10月至12月的出生和发情最为频繁。交配系统为混交制,一只雌性先后与3 - 4只雄性交配。记录到妊娠期为5.5个月,产仔间隔为7个月。成年雌性每年的生殖潜能为4只幼崽。本文所呈现的研究结果构成了关于野生瘦懒猴生活史参数的首批信息。