TY - JOUR
T1 - Predation Attacks on Wild Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)
AU - Busia, Laura
AU - Smith-Aguilar, Sandra E.
AU - Aureli, Filippo
AU - Schaffner, Colleen M.
AU - Ramos-Fernández, Gabriel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 S. Karger AG, Basel.
PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - We report 2 cases of predation on an adult and a subadult spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) by a puma (Puma concolor) and an unidentified terrestrial predator at the natural protected area of Otoch Ma'ax yetel Kooh, in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Although spider monkeys are believed to experience overall low predation pressure compared to other primate species, our observations show that predation occurs in the study area and therefore behavioral strategies are likely to be in place to reduce predation risk. Our observations are further evidence that terrestrial predators are a threat for both young and full-grown spider monkeys.
AB - We report 2 cases of predation on an adult and a subadult spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) by a puma (Puma concolor) and an unidentified terrestrial predator at the natural protected area of Otoch Ma'ax yetel Kooh, in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Although spider monkeys are believed to experience overall low predation pressure compared to other primate species, our observations show that predation occurs in the study area and therefore behavioral strategies are likely to be in place to reduce predation risk. Our observations are further evidence that terrestrial predators are a threat for both young and full-grown spider monkeys.
KW - Ateles
KW - Fission-fusion dynamics
KW - Intragroup aggression
KW - Long-term research project
KW - Predation pressure
KW - Terrestrial predators
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U2 - 10.1159/000492055
DO - 10.1159/000492055
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 30176669
SN - 0015-5713
VL - 89
SP - 341
EP - 346
JO - Folia Primatologica
JF - Folia Primatologica
IS - 5
ER -
