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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Grouping Old World monkey
Observation Number (Open Context) 62
Subspecies Macaca sylvanus
Common name Barbary macaque
Period of study April - June 1983, November 1983 - January 1984, May - September 1984
Country or Region Algeria
Method Scan sampling
Wet season October - May (Menard & Vallet 1997)
Dry season June - September (Menard & Vallet 1997)
Environment Rocky peaks
Altitude (m) 1600 - 2100
% Fruit 11.5
% Leaves 41.0
% Flowers 8.2
% Seeds 11.5
% Pith & stems 0.0
% Roots 24.6
% Invertebrates 3.3
Fruit availability peak Presumably similar to Mt. Tigounatine because the sites are very close, but the habitat here is more extreme, so probably shorter period of preferred food availability.
Low fruit availability Presumably similar to Mt. Tigounatine because the sites are very close, but the habitat here is more extreme, so probably longer period of preferred food scarcity
Percentages Based on average diet composition
Notes Data taken from Table 6.
Reference Menard & Vallet 1986
Full Reference
Ménard, N. and Vallet, D. (1986). Le régime alimentaire de Macaca sylvanus dans différents habitats d’Algérie: II. – Régime en forêt sempervirente et sur les sommes rocheux. Reviews of Ecology (Terre Vie), 41: 173-192. [Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2042/55234]
Suggested Citation

Rebecca Haywood. (2020) "Old World monkey 62 from Africa/Algeria/Icetcifene, Tigounatine, Djurdjura National Park, Algeria". In Database of non-human primate dietary studies. Rebecca Haywood (Ed). Released: 2020-08-21. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/6742757d-0187-4f9a-a102-8011cc7e88f2> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2sn0j88c

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