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Hide and seek in a rainforest canopy : when a fruit-eating carnivore (almost) met its top predator carnivore

Year: 2026

Type: preprint

Abstract: Prey-predator interactions in the wild are spectacular. Common reported cases come from ground-dwelling animals, in open areas and by daylight. Here, we report, for the first time, a sequence with the nocturnal arboreal kinkajou (Potos flavus), being followed ca. 20 minutes apart by one of its predators, the puma (Puma concolor), 33 m aboveground in a rainforest in French Guiana.

Source: bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

DOI: 10.64898/2026.11.05.763601

Authors: Pierre-Michel Forget, Raphaelle Abensur, Malika Gottstein, Coraline N. Pelon, Valentine Alt, Jocelyn Cazal, Lionel Picart, Eric Guilbert, Christophe A. A. Baltzinger

Institutions: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement

Language: English

Topic: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: green

Funders: Labex DRIIHM, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Office Français de la Biodiversité, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement

Award: G7617144622

OpenAlex ID: W7225416422

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