Foraging behaviour of the slender loris (Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus): Implications for theories of primate origins

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 289-300

  Nekaris, K A I ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insectivory; Lorisiformes; Primate evolution; Primates; Strepsirrhini; Visual predation

Indexed keywords

PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LORIDAE; LORIS; LORIS LYDEKKERIANUS; LORIS TARDIGRADUS; LORISIFORMES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ODONATA; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 23844442098     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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