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Published on: February 9, 2011
Interspecific interaction and predator avoidance behavior in response to tayra (Eira barbara) by mantled howler
Norberto Asensio1, Francisco Gómez-Marín
1Instituto de Neuroetologia, Universidad Veracruzana, Apdo. Postal 88, 95870 Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico. norashe@mixmail.com
Abstract:
This paper reports the response of one howler monkey group (Alouatta palliata) to a group of potential predators, the tayra (Eira barbara). The apparently successful predator avoidance behavior of the monkeys was recorded in detail. We observed a group of four adult tayras moving around the Alouatta group displaying a species-typical aggressive behavioral pattern. The two adult females of the howler group successfully chased the tayras away by repeatedly moving closer to the mustelids and even following them until the predators moved off.
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