Disgusting appetite: Two-toed sloths feeding in human latrines

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-86

  Heymann, Eckhard W ^a   Flores Amasifuén, Camilo ^b   Shahuano Tello, Ney ^b   Tirado Herrera, Emérita R ^c   Stojan Dolar, Mojca ^a,d  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b Estación Biológica Quebrada Blanco   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choloepus didactylus; Diet; Faunivory; Feeding habits; Mineral supplementation

Indexed keywords

BEAR; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT;

CHOLOEPUS DIDACTYLUS; MEGALONYCHIDAE; SLOTHS;

EID: 78650194703     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Adam P.J. Choloepus didactylus. Mammal. Spec. 1999, 621:1-8.
2. Betz E., Reutter K., Mecke D., Ritter H. Biologie des Menschen 2001, Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim. 15th edition.
3. Chiarello A.G. Diet of the Atlantic forest maned sloth Bradypus torquatus (Xenarthra: Bradypodidae). J. Zool. London 1998, 246:11-19.
4. Goffart M. Function and Form in the Sloth 1971, Pergamon Press, Oxford and New York.
5. Eisenberg J.F. The Mammalian Radiation 1981, University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
6. Eisenberg J.F., Maliniak E. Maintenance and reproduction of the two-toed sloth Choloepus didactylus in captivity. The Evolution and Ecology of Armadillos, Sloths, and Vermilinguas 1985, 327-331. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. G.G. Montgomery (Ed.).
7. Fish K.D., Sauther M.L., Loudon J.E., Cuozzo F.P. Coprophagy by wild ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) in human-disturbed locations adjacent to the Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar. Am. J. Primatol. 2007, 69:713-718.
8. Foley W.J., von Engelhardt W., Charles-Dominique.P. The passage of digesta, particle size and in vitro fermentation rate in the three-toed sloth Bradypus tridactylus (Edentata: Bradypodidae). J. Zool. London 1995, 236:681-696.
9. Freeland W.J., Calcott P.H., Geiss D.P. Allelochemicals, minerals and herbivore population size. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 1985, 13:195-206.
10. Klaus G., Schmid B. Geophagy at natural licks and mammal ecology: a review. Mammalia 1998, 62:481-497.
11. Jeroch H., Flachowsky G., Weißbach F. Futtermittelkunde 1993, Fischer, Jena und Stuttgart, Germany.
12. Langer P. The Mammalian Herbivore Stomach. Stuttgart, Germany 1988, Fischer.
13. Meritt D.A. Edentate diets. II. Biology of the sloth toed sloths. Lab. Anim. Sci. 1973, 23:543-545.
14. Meritt D.A. The two-toed sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni Peters. The Evolution and Ecology of Armadillos, Sloths, and Vermilinguas 1985, 333-341. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. G.G. Montgomery (Ed.).
15. Meyer H., Zentek J. Ernährung des Hundes 2005, Parey Verlag, Stuttgart. 5th edition.
16. Montenegro, O.L. 2004. Natural licks as keystone resources for wildlife and people in Amazonia. Ph.D Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville.
17. Montgomery G.G., Sunquist M.E. Habitat selection and use by two-toed and three-toed sloths. The Ecology of Arboreal Folivores. 1978, 329-359. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. G.G. Montgomery (Ed.).
18. Queiroz, H.L. de. 1995. Preguiças e Guaribas. Os Mamíferos Folívoros Arborícolas do Mamirauá. CNPq and Sociedade Civil Mamirauá, Brasília and Tefé.
19. Sunquist M.E., Montgomery G.G. Activity patterns and rate of movement of two-toed and three-toed sloths (Choloepus hoffmani and Bradypus tridactylus). J. Mamm. 1973, 54:946-954.
20. Urbani B., Bosque C. Feeding ecology and postural behaviour of the three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus flaccidus) in northern Venezuela. Mamm. Biol. 2007, 72:321-329.
21. Vaughan C., Ramírez O., Herrera G., Guries R. Spatial ecology and conservation of two sloth species in a cacao landscape in Limón, Costa Rica. Biodiv. Conserv. 2007, 16:2293-2310.