Ecological studies of Saguinus fuscicollis and Saguinus labiatus with reference to habitat segregation and height preference
Year: 1981
Type: article
Abstract: Ecological studies of two sympatric species of genus Saguinus were carried out with special reference to difference of forest utilization in western Pando, Bolivia from July to December 1979. Saguinus fuscicollis weddelli and S. labiatus labiatus made intraspecifically territoriastic groups consisting of 2 to 7 individuals and often made interspecifically associated groups. They moved in associated groups in the day time. However, there were differences in height preference for moving and in the size of the insects consumed by the 2 species. The animals also had their own parturition seasons and sleeping sites. S. labiatus is larger than S. fuscicollis in body size, and the intermembral index showed a larger value for S.fuscicollis than for S. labiatus.
Author: Masaaki Yoneda
Language: English
Topic: Primate Behavior and Ecology
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1144106723