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Savanna Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) Prey on Patas Monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) at Fongoli, Senegal
PAN Africa News
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Article
Disciplines
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Published Version
Publication Date
12-1-2009
Abstract
Chimpanzees across Africa include some meat in their diet1. In most communities where chimpanzees have been studied over the long term, primate prey is apparently preferred over other animal prey, with red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus badius) comprising the most common monkey species eaten2. At Fongoli, Senegal, it is likely that chimpanzees have never had access to red colobus monkeys at this hot, dry and open site, although the range of red colobus monkeys (P.b. temminckii) in Senegal and adjacent countries in West Africa has diminished3. Fongoli chimpanzees are currently not sympatric with red colobus, although they eat vertebrate prey of various types, including a number of primate species.
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PAN Africa News
Copyright Date
2009
Language
en
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application/pdf
Citation Information
Jill D. Pruetz and Joshua L. Marshack. "Savanna Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) Prey on Patas Monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) at Fongoli, Senegal" PAN Africa News Vol. 16 Iss. 2 (2009) p. 15 - 17 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jill-pruetz/13/
This is an article from PAN Africa News 16 (2009): 15. Posted with permission.