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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...
Autores principales: | Nekaris, K. Anne-Isola, Weldon, Ariana, Imron, Muhammad Ali, Maynard, Keely Q., Nijman, Vincent, Poindexter, Stephanie A., Morcatty, Thais Queiroz |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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