New Computer Software to Help Researchers Identify Lemurs in the Wild (IMAGE)

George Washington University

New Computer Software to Help Researchers Identify Lemurs in the Wild

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A team of researchers has developed a new computer-assisted recognition system that can identify individual lemurs in the wild by their facial characteristics and ultimately help to build a database for long-term research on lemur species.

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Natalee Phelps

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