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

• 作 者: Baoping REN Dayong LI Zhijin L
• 机 构: InstituteofZoology,CollegeofLifeSciences
• 出 处: 动物学报
• 发表日期: 2010年2期
• 关键词: 滇金丝猴 肉类 云南 猎物 捕获 中国 非人灵长类动物 野生 Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys Rhinopithecus bieti C
• 基金项目: Acknowledgments The present research was granted by the key project of NSFC （No.30630016）, the 973 Program （2007CB411600）, the project of NSFC （No.30970442） and China Program of TNC. Many thanks to ou

<正> Most extant nonhuman primates occasionally prey on fast-moving, warm-blooded animals; however, Indriidae, Lepilemuridae,and Colobinae either scavenged for meat or did not eat meat at all. Here we report six cases of animal consumptionby the snub