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Report of an attack on a howler monkey Alouatta sara by a group of collared peccaries Dicotyles tajacu at a mammal clay lick in Madre de Dios, Peru

Howler monkeys Alouatta are almost exclusively arboreal. They will, however, occasionally descend to the forest floor to conduct geophagy at clay licks if these are present within their home range. They do this to incorporate certain minerals into their diet and/or for detoxification purposes. Clay...

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Autores principales: Bello, Raul, Heymann, Eckhard, Pottie, Sam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Copernicus GmbH 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9562695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36267697
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/pb-9-29-2022