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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Grouping Old World monkey
Observation Number (Open Context) 38
Subspecies Cercopithecus cephus
Common name Moustached monkey
Period of study October 1986 - September 1993
Country or Region Gabon
Method Feeding frequency and monthly phenology circuit
Wet season October - mid-December, mid-February - May (Williamson et al., 1990)
Dry season mid-June - mid-September
Environment ? Continuous tropical rain forest
Altitude (m) 250 - 600 (Appendices - Great Ape Societies)
% Fruit 67.0
% Leaves 11.4
% Flowers 5.7
% Seeds 6.8
% Invertebrates 9.1
Fruit availability peak November - January (Tutin et al., 1991)
Low fruit availability mid-June - mid-September
Percentages Based on time spent feeding
Notes Other includes bark, roots, wood, soil and fungi
Reference Tutin et al., 1997
Scanning method Feeding frequency method (feeding on a particular food scored only once per individual per observation period) was used. Each food was recorded only once per day per species, regardless of the number of feeders.
Full Reference
Tutin, C. E. G., Ham, R. M., White, L. J. and Harrison, M. J. (1997). The primate community of the Lopé Reserve, Gabon: diets, responses to fruit scarcity, and effects on biomass. American Journal of Primatology, 42: 1-24. [Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1997)42:1%3C1::AID-AJP1%3E3.0.CO;2-0]
Suggested Citation

Rebecca Haywood. (2020) "Old World monkey 38 from Africa/Gabon/Lope Reserve, Central Gabon". In Database of non-human primate dietary studies. Rebecca Haywood (Ed). Released: 2020-08-21. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/0a70ae39-7c57-4ff7-ab4b-74f9a80fc329> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2pr85010

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