Patterns of Suspensory Feeding in Alouatta palliata, Ateles geoffroyi, and Cebus capucinus

摘要: The positional behavior of a primate is not an end in itself, but instead means to many ends (Andrews and Groves, 1976; Charles-Dominique, 1990; Cant, 1992). One the most important these food acquisition. Compared other orders mammals, primates consume wide variety resources, which can be subsumed under categories fruit, leaves, seeds, exudates, insect prey (Harding, 1981; Sussman, 1987). These resources often present alternative demands consumer probably greatly influence patterns substrate preference canopy use. Although data suggest that broad correlations do exist between diet behavior, it likely specific behaviors are particularly for diets species (Fleagle Mittermeier, 1980; Fleagle, 1984). identification such relationships critical if we interpret extant primates, or reconstructed extinct primates. Only when know ecological context locomotor modes feeding postures begin address questions concerning their adaptive significance (Fleagle, 1979).