Some aspects of the nutrition of West Malaysian primates in the wild

The diets of the thirteen species of' the West Malaysian primates are discussed, Food items of the nine higher primates can be classified into four categories namely, fruits, leaves, flowers, insects and water. Based on the above classification, the Hylobates syndactylus is floigivar us; Hyloba...

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Main Authors: Vellayan, S., Vidyadaran, M. K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Veterinary Association Malaysia 1982
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36074/
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description The diets of the thirteen species of' the West Malaysian primates are discussed, Food items of the nine higher primates can be classified into four categories namely, fruits, leaves, flowers, insects and water. Based on the above classification, the Hylobates syndactylus is floigivar us; Hylobates lar and Hylobates agilis are frugivorous; Macaca fascicularis, M. nemestrina and M. arctoides are omnivorous: Presbytis obscura and P. cristata are foligivarous while P. melalophos.is frugivorous. The mode end source of water intake is more of else the same in all the species.
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spelling upm-360742015-06-09T07:48:51Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36074/ Some aspects of the nutrition of West Malaysian primates in the wild Vellayan, S. Vidyadaran, M. K. The diets of the thirteen species of' the West Malaysian primates are discussed, Food items of the nine higher primates can be classified into four categories namely, fruits, leaves, flowers, insects and water. Based on the above classification, the Hylobates syndactylus is floigivar us; Hylobates lar and Hylobates agilis are frugivorous; Macaca fascicularis, M. nemestrina and M. arctoides are omnivorous: Presbytis obscura and P. cristata are foligivarous while P. melalophos.is frugivorous. The mode end source of water intake is more of else the same in all the species. Veterinary Association Malaysia 1982 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36074/1/a81%20-%20some%20aspects%20of%20the%20nutrition%20of%20west%20msian.pdf Vellayan, S. and Vidyadaran, M. K. (1982) Some aspects of the nutrition of West Malaysian primates in the wild. Malaysian Veterinary Journal, 7 (3). pp. 164-173. ISSN 9128-2506
spellingShingle Vellayan, S.
Vidyadaran, M. K.
Some aspects of the nutrition of West Malaysian primates in the wild
title Some aspects of the nutrition of West Malaysian primates in the wild
title_full Some aspects of the nutrition of West Malaysian primates in the wild
title_fullStr Some aspects of the nutrition of West Malaysian primates in the wild
title_full_unstemmed Some aspects of the nutrition of West Malaysian primates in the wild
title_short Some aspects of the nutrition of West Malaysian primates in the wild
title_sort some aspects of the nutrition of west malaysian primates in the wild
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36074/
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