This research article discussed a new method of gaining long-term information about lemurs, specifically the red-bellied lemur. This new method is known as LemurFace ID: a system that recognizes individual lemurs in the wild. This system was proven to have a high accuracy rate. It removed previous limitation that tagging and manual identification had. LemurFace ID was shown to be safer for the animals and helped researchers learn about the evolution of lemurs more accurately. Once enhanced, this system could be a cheaper way to observe multiple animals, not just lemurs.
Citation:
Baden, Andrea, Crouse, David, Jacobs, Rachel L, Jain, Anil, Klum, Scott, Richardson, Zach, & Teacot, Stacey. “LemurFaceID: a face recognition system to facilitate individual identification of lemurs.” BMC Zoology, BioMed Central, 17 Feb. 2017, bmczool.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40850-016-0011-9. Accessed 29 Aug. 2017.
