Editing Mongoose lemur (section)

==Ecology==
The mongoose lemur mostly eats fruit, though flowers, leaves, and nectar also make up part of its diet; (they may use the nectar of the non-native kapok tree, ''[[Ceiba pentandra]]''{{efn|''C. pentandra'', although not native to Madagascar have been used for reforestation on the island.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hending |first1=Daniel |last2=Randrianarison |first2=Heriniaina |last3=Holderied |first3=Marc |last4=McCabe |first4=Grainne |last5=Cotton |first5=Sam |title=The kapok tree (''Ceiba pentandra'' [L.] Gaertn, Malvaceae) as a food source for native vertebrate species during times of resource scarcity and its potential for reforestation in Madagascar |journal=Austral Ecology |date=December 2021 |volume=46 |issue=8 |pages=1440–1444 |doi=10.1111/aec.13076|s2cid=237889124 |hdl=1983/b86b1cc3-350c-4a70-9fee-2a8e931302ab |hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gómez-Maqueo |first1=Ximena |last2=Gamboa-deBuen |first2=Alicia |title=The biology of the genus ''Ceiba'', a potential source for sustainable production of natural fiber |journal=Plants |date=15 February 2022 |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=521 |doi=10.3390/plants11040521 |pmid=35214854 |pmc=8876852 |doi-access=free }}</ref>}} for nearly eighty percent of their diet during the dry season in some parts of their range).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pastor |first1=Juan Francisco |last2=Muchlinski |first2=Magdalena Natalia |last3=Potau |first3=Josep Maria |last4=Casado |first4=Aroa |last5=García-Mesa |first5=Yolanda |last6=Vega |first6=Jose Antonio |last7=Cabo |first7=Roberto |title=The tongue in three species of lemurs: Flower and nectar feeding adaptations |journal=Animals |date=27 September 2021 |volume=11 |issue=10 |pages=2811 |doi=10.3390/ani11102811 |pmid=34679832 |doi-access=free }}</ref> As such, mongoose lemurs act as both pollinators and seed dispersers.<ref name="Chicago Zoological Society" /> Feeding on grubs and beetles has also been observed.<ref name="ARKive" /> They are unusual among primates in that they are [[diurnal animal|diurnal]] or [[nocturnal]], depending on the season, being more active during the day in the wet season and changing activity to the night during the hotter dry season.<ref name="Chicago Zoological Society" />

Mongoose lemurs are [[arboreal]], with the ability to jump several meters from one tree to another.<ref name="Chicago Zoological Society" /> They live in small family groups, usually consisting of a bonded pair and one to three offspring.<ref name="Bristol Zoo">[http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/mongoose-lemur Bristol Zoo - Mongoose Lemur] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606040138/http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/mongoose-lemur |date=2010-06-06 }}</ref> These groups rarely encounter one another, but when they do, they are aggressive.<ref name="ARKive" />  Young are born just prior to the rainy season, from August to October.<ref name="ARKive" /> [[Gestation]] lasts about four months and weaning takes place around five months after the young are born.  The offspring then usually stay with their parents until three years of age, when they have reached full maturity.<ref name="Bristol Zoo" />

Mongoose lemurs have seasonal habits. Their breeding, eating, and activity habits are largely shaped around the season. Seasonal fluctuations in food resource availability describe the behavior of mongoose lemurs such as female dominance and small group size. Mongoose lemurs usually conceive their offspring some time during October. They present as Nocturnal during the dry season and diurnal during the wet season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mongoose Lemur |url=https://lemur.duke.edu/discover/meet-the-lemurs/mongoose-lemur/ |website=Duke Lemur Center |language=en}}</ref>