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INTERSPECIFIC ASSOCIATION BETWEEN AN UNGULATE AND A CARNIVORE OR A PRIMATE
Grupos de espécies misturadas
Pantanal
Procyonidae
Artiodáctilos
Associação interespecífica
Frugivore
Interspecific association
Mixed species groups
Nasua nasua
Pecari tajacu
Brazilian Pantanal
Affilliation
Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. Murrayfield, Edinburg, Scotland, UK.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Parasitária. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Wildlife Conservation Society. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Parasitária. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Wildlife Conservation Society. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Abstract
In the Brazilian Pantanal, we observed collared
peccaries (Pecari tajacu) associating with South American
coatis (Nasua nasua) 13 times and three times with black
howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya). The scansorial coati
drop fruit whilst feeding that both collared peccaries and
other coatis consume. Young coatis were also observed
chewing on the pulp left over from seeds spat out by
collared peccaries who had removed the hard exocarp. Both
species react to each other’s alarm calls. Peccaries also
benefited from the fruits dropped by black howler
monkeys. Ecologically, coatis are omnivores; but taxonomically,
they are carnivores. To our knowledge, the collared
peccary/coati association is the first report of an interspecific
association between an ungulate and a carnivore.
Keywords in Portuguese
Alouatta carayaGrupos de espécies misturadas
Pantanal
Procyonidae
Artiodáctilos
Associação interespecífica
Keywords
Alouatta carayaFrugivore
Interspecific association
Mixed species groups
Nasua nasua
Pecari tajacu
Brazilian Pantanal
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