Long-tailed macaques use human hair as dental floss

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 940-944

  Watanabe, Kunio ^a   Urasopon, Nontakorn ^b   Malaivijitnond, Suchinda ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Mathematics   (Thailand)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Dental floss; Human hair; Long tailed macaque; Lopburi; Tool use

Indexed keywords

PRIMATE; TOOL USE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DENTAL DEVICE; GROOMING; HAIR; MACACA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; GROOMING; HAIR; MACACA; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; EURASIA; LOPBURI; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS;

EID: 34548024909     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20403     Document Type: Article

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