Diet of tree hyraxes Dendrohyrax arboreus (Hyracoidea: Procaviidae) in the eastern Cape, South Africa

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 213-221

  Gaylard, Angela ^a   Kerley, Graham I H ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

arboreal folivore; Dendrohyrax arboreus; diet; fecal analysis; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AFROCARPUS FALCATUS; CASSINE; CLADRASTIS KENTUKEA; DENDROHYDRAX; DENDROHYRAX ARBOREUS; EUCLEA NATALENSIS; EUGENIA; EUGENIA CAPENSIS; HYRACOIDEA; MAMMALIA; PODOCARPUS; PROCAVIIDAE; SCHOTIA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 0030888346     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382654     Document Type: Article

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