Diet of the Atlantic forest maned sloth Bradypus torquatus (Xenarthra: Bradypodidae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-19

  Chiarello, Adriano G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Museu de Biologia Mello Leitao   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Bradypus; Diet; Folivory; Three toed sloth

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; MAMMAL;

BRAZIL;

BRADYPUS TORQUATUS;

EID: 0031793109     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836998009029     Document Type: Article

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