Food habits of an endangered carnivore, Cryptoprocta ferox, in the dry deciduous forests of western Madagascar

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-74

  Hawkins, Clare E ^a,b   Racey, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptoprocta ferox; Food habits; Fossa; Kirindy; Lemurs; Madagascar; Tenrecs

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARNIVORE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; SMALL MAMMAL; SNAKE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

CRYPTOPROCTA FEROX; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI; SERPENTES; STREPSIRHINI; TENREC; TENRECIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 39749134821     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-366.1     Document Type: Article

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