title: Aspects of reproduction in ruffed lemurs (Lemur variegatus).
abstract: Results of breeding of ruffed lemurs (Lemur variegatus) at the Duke Primate Facility provide information concerning estrous cycle, sexual behavior, age of first conception, gestation period, parturition, litter size. L. variegatus differs from other Lemur species in these respects.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001724:Birth Weight; D003307:Copulation; D004971:Estrus; D005260:Female; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D007900:Lemur / Q000502:physiology*; D008098:Litter Size; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012098:Reproduction; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D011443:Strepsirhini / Q000502:physiology*