Venom in Furs: Facial Masks as Aposematic Signals in a Venomous Mammal

The function of colouration in animals includes concealment, communication and signaling, such as the use of aposematism as a warning signal. Aposematism is unusual in mammals, and exceptions help us to understand its ecology and evolution. The Javan slow loris is a highly territorial venomous mamma...

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Autores principales: Nekaris, K. Anne-Isola, Weldon, Ariana, Imron, Muhammad Ali, Maynard, Keely Q., Nijman, Vincent, Poindexter, Stephanie A., Morcatty, Thais Queiroz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6409604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30764557
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins11020093

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6409604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30764557
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins11020093

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