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Title: | Predation attempt and abnormal coat coloration of the tayra (Eira barbara) in the Brazilian Central Amazon |
Authors: | Sobroza, Tainara Venturini Gonçalves, André Luis Sousa dos Santos, Laynara Silva |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 51, Número 3, Pags. 231-234 |
Abstract: | Predation is one of the most important interactions between species and a major selection pressure in wild mammal populations. Camouflage is a common pattern of colorations resulting from predation pressure, however, atypical coloration may appear in the wild. Both predation and atypical coloration in mammal species are difficult to observe in a natural setting but contain important biological information. Here we describe a leucistic tayra (Eira barbara) attempting to prey on a sloth (Bradypus tridactylus). The event occurred in Brazilian Central Amazon as a tayra unsuccessfully tried to kill an adult sloth in the mid-canopy of a secondary forest. © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1080/01650521.2016.1227137 |
Appears in Collections: | Artigos |
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