Fatal Attack of a Boa constrictoron a Bearded Saki (Chiropotes satanas utahicki)

Sorry, there is no abstract. Read the first few lines of the text instead! Attacks by predators are significant events in the life history of any primate species [Stanford, 2002], but they are also very rare, and few, if any, records are available for most taxa [Cheney and Wrangham, 1987]. In the ca...

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Published inFolia primatologica Vol. 75; no. 2; pp. 111 - 113
Main Authors Ferrari, Stephen F, Pereira, Washington L.A, Santos, Ricardo R, Veiga, Liza M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Netherlands Brill 01.02.2004
S. Karger AG
Subjects
Brief Report
Life history
Predators
Amazonia
Predation
Boa constrictor
Chiropotes
Pitheciinae
Bearded sakis
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Summary:Sorry, there is no abstract. Read the first few lines of the text instead! Attacks by predators are significant events in the life history of any primate species [Stanford, 2002], but they are also very rare, and few, if any, records are available for most taxa [Cheney and Wrangham, 1987]. In the case of the Neotropical sakis (Pitheciinae), records are restricted to remains encountered in proximity to the nests of harpy eagles, Harpia harpyja [Rettig, 1978]. In addition, while there is an extensive literature on the predation of platyrrhine monkeys by raptors [Izor, 1985; Sherman, 1991; Julliot, 1994; Robinson, 1994; Vasquez and Heymann, 2001], recorded attacks by snakes are relatively rare [Chapman, 1986; Heymann, 1987; Correa and Coutinho, 1997; Tello et al., 2002; Perry et al., 2003]. Here, the fatal attack of a boa (Boa constrictor) on a bearded saki (Chiropotes satanas utahicki) is described from a site in south-eastern Brazilian Amazonia. It was also possible to conduct a partial autopsy on the victim, which provided information on its physical condition and insights into the cause of death.
ISSN:0015-5713
1421-9980
DOI:10.1159/000076272