| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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| Grouping | Ape |
| Observation Number (Open Context) | 26 |
| Subspecies | Pan paniscus |
| Common name | Bonobo |
| Period of study | On and off from October 1975 - March 1982 |
| Country or Region | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Method | Direct observation, faecal analysis and feeding remains. |
| Wet season | Severe rainy: September - November, slight rainy: March - May (Hashimoto et al 1998) |
| Dry season | December - February, June - August (Hashimoto et al 1998) |
| Environment | Primary forest, old and young secondary forest, swamp forest, cultivated or fallow land |
| Altitude (m) | 400 (Myers-Thompson 2002) |
| % Fruit | 50.4 |
| % Leaves | 18.0 |
| % Flowers | 0.8 |
| % Seeds | 10.5 |
| % Pith & stems | 15.8 |
| % Bark and cambium | 0.8 |
| % Other | 3.8 |
| Fruit availability peak | November - December |
| Low fruit availability | January - March |
| Percentages | Based on average diet composition |
| Notes | Seasonally biased (data collected from October - March, but not April - September each year). Groups were also provisioned with food, although most data collected was from the natural habitat and not the artificial site. Seeds also included pods, stems and pith include shoots and petioles, other includes dead plant parts and mushrooms. |
| Reference | Kano & Mulavwa 1984 |
| Full Reference |
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Has taxonomic identifier
Vocabulary: Food Ontology |
Pan paniscus
Vocabulary: Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - Species Open Context References: Pan paniscus |
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Consists of
Vocabulary: CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM) |
biological material
Vocabulary: Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus Open Context References: biological material |
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Creator
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms) |
Rebecca Haywood
Vocabulary: Database of non-human primate dietary studies |
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Spatial Coverage
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms) |
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Subject
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms) |
Primates--Feeding and feeds
Vocabulary: Library of Congress Subject Headings Open Context References: Primates--Feeding and feeds |
Suggested Citation
Rebecca Haywood. (2020) "Ape 26 from Africa/Democratic Republic of Congo/Wamba, Democratic Republic of Congo". In Database of non-human primate dietary studies. Rebecca Haywood (Ed). Released: 2020-08-21. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/b20ffb5d-f39a-4222-bf72-2cdac4952db6> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2gx4p05g
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