Lemurs Marking Range
by Harilala Rakotomanana
July 1, 2005

Working in Ankarafantsika is a great pleasure for me because it an easy place to walk and it is a best place to watch birds and lemurs. My favorite animals are lemurs. When I see a lemur I do not want to leave until it is gone.

One afternoon, when I walked in the forest, I saw a group of brown lemurs. The group contained 10 individuals. Some were resting on the tree and two among them were eating dropped fruits on the ground. My visit surprised two of them; they walked on the branch and marked their territory by scratching their back and their armpits on the support. It was amusing to observe their gestures. And I was very happy because it was my first time to see a lemur marking its range. I was standing about 15 minutes to admire their marvelous brown pelage and their long bushy tail. It was funny too to see one individual of the same brown lemur group laying on the branch by its stomach and none its limbs clinging to its support. It was very quiet and my visit did not bother him.