Eurasian blackbird predated by wild Rhinopithecus roxellana in the Qinling Mountains,China  

作　　者：Dapeng ZHAO Xiaowei WANG Kunio WATANABE Baoguo LI 

机构地区：[1]College of Life Sciences,Northwest University,Xi’an,China [2]Primate Research Institute,Kyoto University,Aichi,Japan

出　　处：《Integrative Zoology》2008年第3期176-179,共4页整合动物学（英文版）

基　　金：on-going operating grants from the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30770375,No.30570312 and No.30630016);the Cosmo Oil Eco Card Fund of Japan(2005–2010).

摘　　要：Although there are some reports that have described primates eating animals,it is unknown whether predation on vertebrates exists in herbivorous leaf-eating primates.We have witnessed firsthand wild Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys(Rhinopithecus roxellana)preying on and consuming Eurasian blackbirds(Turdus merula)in the Qinling Mountains of China.This event suggests that R.roxellana,which has previously been described as a herbivorous leaf-eating primate,may be partially carnivorous and the correct classification of this species would be omnivorous.Furthermore,food-share behavior among higher-ranked members occurs in a one-male unit when vertebrate prey is hunted by this species.

关 键 词：bird predation food choice food sharing Rhinopithecus roxellana Turdus merula. 

分 类 号：G63[文化科学—教育学]