Fatal attack of a Boa constrictor on a bearded saki (Chiropotes satanas utahicki)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-113

  Ferrari, Stephen F ^a   Pereira, Washington L A ^b   Santos, Ricardo R ^c   Veiga, Liza M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Bearded sakis; Boa constrictor; Chiropotes; Pitheciinae; Predation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CEBIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; BOIDAE; BRAZIL; CEBIDAE; FATAL OUTCOME; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; BOA; BOA CONSTRICTOR; CEBIDAE; CHIROPOTES; CHIROPOTES SATANAS; CHIROPOTES UTAHICKI; PITHECIINAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 1542653184     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076272     Document Type: Article

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