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| Shanee, S.; Shanee, N.. |
| The critically endangered yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Oreonax flavicauda) is endemic to the cloud forests of north-eastern Peru and one of the least studied of all primate species. We conducted fifteen months of group follows using focal animal sampling techniques to gather the first behavioural data on free ranging O. flavicauda. Group follows took place in an area of disturbed primary and regenerating secondary forest near the village of La Esperanza, Amazonas department. Yellow-tailed woolly monkey activity budgets at La Esperanza average: 29.8% feeding, 26.3% resting, 29.0% travelling, 2.3% in social and 12.8% in other activities. Significant differences were observed in the frequency of behaviours between age/sex classes as well as on temporal... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Atelidae; Behaviour; Cloud forest; Lagothrix; 42.84. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/402022 |
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