Exudates and animal prey characterize slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus, N. Coucang and N. Javanicus) diet in captivity and after release into the wild

Leaping Ahead: Advances in Prosimian Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 165-172

  Streicher, Ulrike ^a   Wilson, Angelina ^b   Collins, Rebecca L ^b   Nekaris, K Anne Isola ^b  

^a Cuc Phuong National Park   (Viet Nam)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4511-1_19     Document Type: Chapter

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