Produção Nacional
Dieta de um grupo de mico-leão-preto, Leontopithecus chrysopygus (Mikan) (Mammalia, Callitrichidae), na Estação Ecológica dos Caetetus, São Paulo
1999; Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia; Volume: 16; Issue: suppl 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1590/s0101-81751999000500019
ISSN1806-969X
Autores Tópico(s)Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
ResumoDiet of a black Iion tamarin group, Leontopithecus chrysopygus (Mikan) (Mammalia, Callitrichidae), in Caetetus Ecological Station, São Paulo.ln this study calTied out in the Caetetus Ecological Station, São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, a wild group of black lion tamarins was accompanied during 1989 to 1991 , to analyse the dietary habits ofthe species.The scan sampling method was used to gather data.A total of961 behaviors were recorded, ofwhich feeding occupied 23.3% ofthe time involved in the behaviors.The major dietary components observed in the black lion tamarins were fruits, tree exudates and animal preys (67.9%, 22.8% and 8.9% respectively).Fruits varied monthly from 47.4 to 97.1 %, being consumed more during the rainy season, while tree exudates varied from O to 54.7%, and were consumed mainly during the dry season.The animal prey accounted for O to 15.8% ofthe diet.The most important dietary resource for the black lion tamarins was the fruit of Syagrus romanzoffiana Glass., representing 29.9% of the foraging observations.The diet exhibited pronounced differences among dry and rainy seasons, presumably as a consequence ofthe food shortage offruits during dry season.
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