Leopard (Panthera pardus) predation on a red-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius) in the Issa Valley, western Tanzania
Leopard (Panthera pardus) predation on a red-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius) in the Issa Valley, western Tanzania
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坦桑尼亚西部伊萨谷，豹子 (Panthera pardus) 捕食红尾猴 (Cercopithecus ascanius)
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10.1007/s10329-018-0700-9
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2018
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A. Piel
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E. McLester;Kyle G. Sweeney;F. Stewart;A. Piel
捕食被认为是灵长类动物重要的选择压力。然而，由于缺乏对灵长类捕食的直接观察，这一假设的证据很少。我们描述了观察豹（豹）捕食红尾猴（Cercopithecus ascanius schmidti）在伊萨山谷，在坦桑尼亚西部的大草原林地镶嵌景观。我们比较了伊萨和撒哈拉以南非洲其他灵长类动物研究地点之间存在豹子的证据的比率。近年来，在伊萨对豹子的直接观察有所增加，这表明豹子可能已经习惯了研究人员的存在。
Predation is predicted to be an important selection pressure for primates. Evidence for this hypothesis is rare, however, due to the scarcity of direct observations of primate predation. We describe an observation of leopard (Panthera pardus) predation on a red-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius schmidti) at the Issa Valley, a savanna-woodland mosaic landscape in western Tanzania. We compare rates of evidence of leopard presence between Issa and other primate study sites in sub-Saharan Africa. An increase in direct observations of leopards at Issa in recent years suggests that leopards may be habituating to researcher presence.