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- Title
Interspecific association between an ungulate and a carnivore or a primate.
- Authors
Desbiez, Arnaud Léonard Jean; Rocha, Fabiana Lopes; Keuroghlian, Alexine
- Abstract
In the Brazilian Pantanal, we observed collared peccaries ( Pecari tajacu) associating with South American coatis ( Nasua nasua) 13 times and three times with black howler monkeys ( Alouatta caraya). The scansorial coati drop fruit whilst feeding that both collared peccaries and other coatis consume. Young coatis were also observed chewing on the pulp left over from seeds spat out by collared peccaries who had removed the hard exocarp. Both species react to each other's alarm calls. Peccaries also benefited from the fruits dropped by black howler monkeys. Ecologically, coatis are omnivores; but taxonomically, they are carnivores. To our knowledge, the collared peccary/coati association is the first report of an interspecific association between an ungulate and a carnivore.
- Subjects
BLACK howler monkey; FRUGIVORES; NASUA nasua; COLLARED peccary; CARNIVORA
- Publication
Acta Ethologica, 2010, Vol 13, Issue 2, p137
- ISSN
0873-9749
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10211-010-0068-3