Dr. Natalie Vasey

Natalie Vasey, Ursula Gohlich (Vienna Natural History Museum), Laurie Godfrey (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) and the Vienna skull of Hadropithecus stenognathus, an extinct giant lemur discovered at Andrahomana Cave in southeastern Madagascar. The skull was found in 1899, the top of the eye orbit in 2003. The skeletal fragments of this individual were reunited (pictured here) during Vasey and Godfrey's visit to the Vienna Natural History Museum in August of 2008.

Natalie photographing wild red variegated lemurs from a tree canopy platform in December 2009. The tree the lemurs are feeding in was first mapped and tagged in 1994 within the trail system she created to study this critically endangered lemur in one of its last strongholds, the lowland rainforests of northeastern Madagascar's Masoala Peninsula.

Dr. Natalie Vasey

Associate Professor
PhD, Washington University, 1997

nvasey@pdx.edu
503-725-3912

Dr. Vasey's work explores the behavioral ecology, life history adaptations, and evolution of primates, with a focus on the endangered and recently extinct primates of Madagascar. Natalie has presented her research at international venues, published in leading scientific journals, and edits a monograph series titled Primate Field Studies (Prentice Hall). She is dedicated to educating students and the public-at-large about the lifestyles and conservation status of our closest relatives in the Animal Kingdom. She is perhaps best known for her long-term work on red variegated lemurs of the Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar.

Recent Publications

Vasey N, Burney DA, Godfrey LR. (in press) Archaeolemur coprolites from Anjohikely Cave in Northwestern Madagascar reveal dietary diversity and cave use in a subfossil prosimian. In: Masters J, Gamba M, Genin F (eds): Leaping Ahead: Advances in Prosimian Biology. New York: Springer, pp.

Vasey N. (2011) Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra). In: Rowe N, Myers M (eds): All the World's Primates. www.alltheworldsprimates.org. Primate Conservation Inc., Charlestown, Rhode Island.

Toborowsky C, Vasey N. (2011) White-fronted brown lemur (Eulemur albifrons). In:,Rowe N, Myers M (eds): All the World's Primates. www.alltheworldsprimates.org. Primate Conservation Inc., Charlestown, Rhode Island.

Selected Publications

Primatology Field Methods Course at the Lemur Conservation Foundation

Biological Anthropology at PSU