title: Feeding behaviour and predation of a bat by Saimiri sciureus in a semi-natural Amazonian environment.
abstract: A free-ranging group of Saimiri sciureus was studied in a semi-natural forest habitat in eastern Amazonia, where behaviour patterns were broadly similar to those recorded for the species in the wild. According to focal-animal samples, the monkeys spent the vast majority of their time foraging and feeding, in particular for arthropod prey, which contributed almost half of identified food items. The predation of a small-bodied bat was also observed, although the study animals did not appear to forage systematically for chiropterans in the manner recorded for Saimiri oerstedi.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil. luciane@serverl.museu-goeldi.br
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Pina
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001181:Arthropods; D001938:Brazil; D002685:Chiroptera; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005638:Fruit; D007313:Insecta; D008124:Locomotion; D009043:Motor Activity; D010945:Plants, Edible; D011235:Predatory Behavior; D012453:Saimiri / Q000523:psychology*; D012919:Social Behavior