Tamara Kumpan

PhD candidate @UofT in the @Teichroeb_Lab, studying lemur stress + sociality. Also doing some snake research 🐍 Primatology, ecology, & behaviour 🐵🌿 She/her

[Tamara Kumpan @tamarakumpan]

My co-lead paper with @AVining_Opining in @SciReports is out! We looked at the formation of foraging routes in 5 primate species and show that primates use (weak) traplines! 🐒🍃 Just published out of the @Teichroeb_Lab today. https://t.co/2exGG7Rlfq

[Tamara Kumpan @tamarakumpan]

How is behavioural plasticity influenced by development and the social environment? Check out our paper on Eastern gartersnakes to find out 🐍 We looked at boldness and sociability throughout early life and after isolation. New from the Miller lab @Laurier https://t.co/fGtX7hQKJG

[Dr. Keegan R. Selig @KeeganSelig]

Check out our (with @Mary_T_Silcox) paper studying the diet and dental topography of a stem primate lineage. Their premolars became more molar-like over time (thus integrating with the molar-row), but their molars went relatively unchanged!🦷🐵🌿https://t.co/WDevnr4otQ

[Tamara Kumpan @tamarakumpan]

Mr. Popper here is a little scamp, always ready to play-fight. Lucky for him, older brother Atticus is usually up for a quick wrestling match 🥊 #lemur @DukeLemurCenter

[Tamara Kumpan @tamarakumpan]

Huge thanks to our co-authors @will_aguado, Megan Joyce, Eve Smeltzer, and Sarah Turner!

[Tamara Kumpan @tamarakumpan]

My co-lead paper with @AVining_Opining in @SciReports is out! We looked at the formation of foraging routes in 5 primate species and show that primates use (weak) traplines! 🐒🍃 Just published out of the @Teichroeb_Lab today. https://t.co/2exGG7Rlfq

[Tamara Kumpan @tamarakumpan]

If you’re stressed, I highly recommend watching lemurs eat berries👌Here’s Gretl enjoying some morning raspberries 🍃🍓 @DukeLemurCenter #lemurcatta

[Tamara Kumpan @tamarakumpan]

Fun fact: Seems like having a tail is an art form that takes some practice! Gatsby doesn’t quite have the hang of it yet 🫢 @DukeLemurCenter #lemurcatta

[Tamara Kumpan @tamarakumpan]

Two years and one pandemic later, I’m finally back at the Duke Lemur Center! @DukeLemurCenter Check out this gorgeous ruffed lemur resting in a sun beam ☀️

[Samantha Stead @sammstead]

First shared lead co-authorship was a success! Check out our review on how social status could impact sleep in mammals💤🐭🐒🐺🐴

Congrats to co-authors Eve Smeltzer, @mfli18, @Primalprimate, @tamarakumpan, @Teichroeb_Lab

https://t.co/P2yReXmNM9

[Dr. Mary Silcox @Mary_T_Silcox]

So proud of my students @KeeganSelig and Waqqas Khalid for their work on this brilliant study on the simple patterns that underlie the development of molar complexity in primates and their kin https://t.co/fo1ClfZm0W

[Dr. Keegan R. Selig @KeeganSelig]

Check out our latest paper where we use #3DGeometricMorphometircs and #DentalTopographicAnalysis to infer the systematics and ecology of two extinct treeshrew species! @Mary_T_Silcox @ChesterLabCUNY https://t.co/uUGTvv9wfW

[Michael JC Reid PhD @mjcreid]

This may or may not be a popular opinion but my commentary in the "American Journal of Primatology" @AmJournalPrimat on the continuation of primate fieldwork during #Covid19 is out-I believe it is too risky to our study species & local communities https://t.co/9715b2Gmkw

[Tamara Kumpan @tamarakumpan]

@Teichroeb_Lab @Mary_T_Silcox @Primalprimate Thanks Julie!! :) It went by so quick!

[Tamara Kumpan @tamarakumpan]

@Teichroeb_Lab @sammstead @NSERC_CRSNG Thank you!! 😊🎉

[Tamara Kumpan @tamarakumpan]

Yes love this 🐵
5 fav primate species / 5 tags
1. vervet monkey (of course)
2. ring-tailed lemur
3. blue eyed black lemur
4. white-headed capuchin
5. black and white ruffed lemur

@91Fernandom3 @sammstead @LangurLover @karynanderson_ @Carly_Batist

[Malcolm S. Ramsay @malcolmsramsay]

5 fav primate species / 5 tags

1. Gelada monkey
2. Coquerel’s sifaka
3. Any mouse lemur
4. Mantled howler monkey
5. Indri

@tamarakumpan @Teichroeb_Lab @MotherOfLemurs @mckinney_monkey @iuliabadescu

[Fernando Mercado Malabet @91Fernandom3]

Our new article on species-specific scale responses of #lemurs to habitat amount is now hot off the press in @AmJournalPrimat. Thanks to great co-authors @Travis_Steffens and Shawn Lehman for inviting me into this project!

[Tamara Kumpan @tamarakumpan]

@malcolmsramsay @DukeLemurCenter I save my best primate puns for Twitter 🙃

[Tamara Kumpan @tamarakumpan]

Fun fact: Lemurs also lay in catloaf position! Jones the ring-tailed lemur demonstrates the "lemur loaf" 🍞🐵...or cattaloaf? @DukeLemurCenter #lemurcatta #Science

[Tamara Kumpan @tamarakumpan]

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[Tamara Kumpan @tamarakumpan]

@malcolmsramsay @Teichroeb_Lab Thanks Malc! :)

[Tamara Kumpan @tamarakumpan]

Check out our new paper out of the @Teichroeb_Lab, where we report results for the first wild primates tested on a reversal learning paradigm! 🐵🍌Our results were consistent with captive monkeys, and we found an age effect. Free read available here: https://t.co/xbi8hfArvi

[Animal Cognition @SpringerANCO]

Wild vervet monkeys rely on associative learning rather than rule-based learning during a classic reversal learning task adapted for use in the field. Field results are consistent with those found for captive monkeys. https://t.co/Vv4Xb6cjPp