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Binturong (Arctictis binturong) and Kinkajou (Potos flavus) Digestive Strategy: Implications for Interpreting Frugivory in Carnivora and Primates

Exclusive frugivory is rare. As a food resource, fruit is temporally and spatially patchy, low in protein, and variable in terms of energy yield from different carbohydrate types. Here, we evaluate the digestive physiology of two frugivorous Carnivora species (Potos flavus, Arctictis binturong) that...

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Autores principales: Lambert, Joanna E., Fellner, Vivek, McKenney, Erin, Hartstone-Rose, Adam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4144878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25157614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105415