First evidence of prey capture and meat eating by wild Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys Rhinopithecus bieti in Yunnan, China

Current Zoology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-231

  Ren, Baoping ^a   Li, Dayong ^a,b   Liu, Zhijin ^a   Li, Baoguo ^b   Wei, Fuwen ^a   Li, Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Colobinae; Hunting behavior; Male biased activity; Meat consumption; Rhinopithecus bieti; Yunnan snub nosed monkeys

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLOBINAE; INDRIDAE; MEGALADAPIDAE; PRIMATES; PYGATHRIX BIETI;

EID: 77449116734     PISSN: 00017302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/56.2.227     Document Type: Article

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