Diet and feeding behaviour of the black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata variegata) in the Betampona Reserve, eastern Madagascar

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 133-141

  Britt, Adam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Madagascar Fauna Group   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Black and white ruffed lemur; Diet; Feeding behaviour; Feeding postures; Support use; Varecia; Vertical space

Indexed keywords

LEMUR; VARECIA; VARECIA VARIEGATA; VARECIA VARIEGATA VARIEGATA;

EID: 0034083561     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021741     Document Type: Review

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