Dietary choices by four captive slender lorises (Loris tardigradus) when presented with various insect life stages

Zoo Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-198

  Clayton, Jonathan B ^a   Glander, Kenneth E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive diet; Duke Lemur Center; Prosimian

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECT; LARVA; LORISIDAE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECTS; LARVA; LORISIDAE; MALE;

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; LEMUR; LORIDAE; LORIS TARDIGRADUS; STREPSIRHINI; TENEBRIO;

EID: 79953268074     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20346     Document Type: Article

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