Predation on a wild slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) by a reticulated python (Python reticulatus)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 362-364

  Wiens, Frank ^a,b   Zitzmann, Annette ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nycticebus coucang; Predation; Python reticulatus; Reticulated python; Slow loris

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LORIS; NYCTICEBUS COUCANG; PYTHON RETICULATUS; SERPENTES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0033226449     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021719     Document Type: Article

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