Title
Prey foraging behavior, seasonality and time-budgets in black lion tamarins, Leontopithecus chrysopygus (Mikan 1823) (Mammalia, Callitrichidae)
Author(s)
Alexine Keuroghlian & Fernando Passos
Published
2001
Publisher
Brazilian Journal of Biology
Abstract
Foraging behavior, seasonality and time-budgets in the Black Lion Tamarin (L. chrysopygus) was observed in the Caetetus Ecological Station, South-eastern Brazil, during 83 days between November 1988 to October 1990. For the full dry season we found that animal prey represented 11.2% of the black lion tamarin diet, while during the wet season they represented 1.9%. Foraging behavior made up 19.8% of their total activity in the dry season and only 12.8% in the wet season. These results point out that animal prey are relatively more important during the dry season, due to reduced availability of other resources, e.g. fruits, and that a greater foraging effort is required when a larger proportion of the diet is animal prey.
Keywords
Leontopithecus chrysopygus, foraging behavior, seasonality, time-budgets, Callitrichidae
Full Citation
Keuroghlian, A. y F. C. Passos. (2001). Prey foraging behavior, seasonality and time-budgets in black lion tamarins, Leontopithecus chrysopygus (Mikan 1823) (Mammalia, Callitrichidae). Brazilian Journal of Biology. 61(3): 455-459.

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