Predation on milne-edward’s sifaka (propithecus diadema edwards) by the fossa (cryptoprocta ferox) in the rain forest of southeastern madagascar

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 34-43

  Wright, Patricia C ^a   Heckscher, Kimberly ^b   Dunham, Amy E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptoprocta ferox; Fossa; Lemurs; Madagascar; Predator; Propithecus diadema edwardsi; Sifaka; Viverrids

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARNIVORA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MADAGASCAR; PREDATION; PROSIMIAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH JUICE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CARNIVORA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GEOGRAPHY; MADAGASCAR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPSIRHINI; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0542408619     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157230     Document Type: Article

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