Eurasian blackbird predated by wild Rhinopithecus roxellana in the Qinling Mountains,China
作者机构:College of Life SciencesNorthwest UniversityXi’anChina Primate Research InstituteKyoto UniversityAichiJapan
出 版 物:《Integrative Zoology》 (整合动物学(英文版))
年 卷 期:2008年第3卷第3期
页 面:176-179页
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学科分类:0710[理学-生物学] 0401[教育学-教育学] 04[教育学]
基 金:on-going operating grants from the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30770375,No.30570312 and No.30630016) the Cosmo Oil Eco Card Fund of Japan(2005–2010)
主 题:bird predation food choice food sharing Rhinopithecus roxellana Turdus merula.
摘 要:Although there are some reports that have described primates eating animals,it is unknown whether predation on vertebrates exists in herbivorous leaf-eating *** have witnessed firsthand wild Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys(Rhinopithecus roxellana)preying on and consuming Eurasian blackbirds(Turdus merula)in the Qinling Mountains of *** event suggests that ***,which has previously been described as a herbivorous leaf-eating primate,may be partially carnivorous and the correct classification of this species would be ***,food-share behavior among higher-ranked members occurs in a one-male unit when vertebrate prey is hunted by this species.