Obligate exudativory characterizes the diet of the pygmy slow loris Nycticebus pygmaeus

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1054-1061

  Starr, Carly ^a   Nekaris, K A I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fallback foods; Gummivory; Radio tracking; Slow loris

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; BODY SIZE; CAPTIVITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; FOOD; FOOD WEB; LICHEN; POSTURE; PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; LORIDAE; LORIS; NYCTICEBUS COUCANG; NYCTICEBUS PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; REPTILIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; EXUDATE; FALLBACK FOODS; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUMMIVORY; LORISIDAE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIO-TRACKING; SEASON; SLOW LORIS; VIDEORECORDING;

FALLBACK FOODS; GUMMIVORY; RADIO-TRACKING; SLOW LORIS;

ANIMALS; CAMBODIA; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; LORISIDAE; MALE; SEASONS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84882674672     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22171     Document Type: Article

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