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Nutrient Requirements of Nonhuman Primates: Second Revised Edition (2003)
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources (BANR)

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Nutrient Requirements of Nonhuman Primates: Second Revised Edition, 2003

TABLE 1-5 Non-colobine Cercopithecine Feeding Ecology

Scientific Name

Common Name

Dieta

Behavior

Body Weightb

References

Omnivorousbut predominantly frugivorous(depending on habitat)

Macaca

M. arctoides

M. assamensisc

M. cyclopis

M. maurac

M. ochreatac

M. radiata

M. silenus

M. tonkeanac

Stump-tailed macaque

Assamese macaque

Formosan rock macaque

Celebes moor macaque

Booted macaque

Bonnet macaque

Lion-tailed macaque

Tonkean macaque

Fruit and seeds, young leaves, flowers and buds, other plant parts, gums, grass, clover, sprouts, roots, bark, resin, animal prey (insects and vertebrates), fungus, raid crops/dumps; most species, little field work; M. radiata eat temple offerings

Diurnal, arboreal and terrestrial, multimale/ multifemale, some 1 male + multifemale, group size 5-50; M. silenus: rarely on ground, but swim, as do many macaques

3.69-8.5 kg females, 4.86-12 kg males

Bynum, 1994; Krishnamani, 1994; Kurup & Kumar, 1993; Kuruville, 1980; Leutenegger & Cheverud, 1982; Richard et al., 1989; Silva & Downing, 1995; Wolfheim, 1983

M. fascicularis

M. nemestrina

M. nigra

M. sinica

Long-tailed or crab-eating macaque, or cynomolgus monkey

Pig-tailed macaque

Celebes or crested black macaque

Toque macaque

Fruit 67% (2-100%); flowers and buds 3% (0-68%); leaves 12% (1-62%); bark, roots, pith and other 6% (0-73%); grass 1%; fungi, resins and other 2%; prey items 11% (0-46%); M. fascicularis’ diet at one site was 51% temple offerings

Diurnal, arboreal and terrestrial, multimale/ multifemale, group size 10-90 individuals

M. fascicularis, M. sinica: 1.5-5.7 kg females, 3.9-8.39 kg males; M. nemestrina, M. nigra: 3.5-10.9 kg females, 6.2-14.5 kg males

Aldrich-Blake, 1980; Butynski, 1982; Caldecott, 1986a,b; Davies et al., 1983; Dittus, 1977; Hladik, 1975; Lucas & Corlett, 1991; MacKinnon & MacKinnon, 1980b; O’Brien & Kinnaird, 1997; Richard et al., 1989; Rodman, 1978; Silva & Downing, 1995; Sussman & Tattersall, 1981; Temerin et al., 1984; Ungar, 1995; Wheatley, 1982; 1987; Whitten & Whitten, 1982; Wolfheim, 1983; Yeager, 1996

M. fuscata

Japanese macaque

Fruit 47% (0-100%); flowers 5% (0-40%); leaves 22% (0-94%); herb/grass 6% (0-65%); roots, bark, twigs, and other 13% (0-95%); fungi, resins, and other 1% (0-18%); prey 9% (0-50%); winter diets high in seeds in cedar forest, high in winter buds in other habitats

Diurnal, arboreal and terrestrial, multimale/ multifemale group size 40-194 individuals

8.3-18.0 kg females, 11.0-18.0 kg males

Agetsuma, 1995a,b; Agetsuma & Nakagawa, 1998; Agetsuma & Noma, 1995; Hill, 1997; Iwamoto, 1982; Maruhashi, 1980; Nakagawa, 1997, 1989a; Suzuki, 1965

M. mulatta

M. sylvanus

Rhesus macaque

Barbary macaque

Fruit 24% (0-70%); flowers 5% (0-40%); leaves 47% (2-99%); bark, pith, roots, and other 11% (0-34%); herbs or grass 9%, (0-56%); fungi or sap 1%; prey 6% (0-66%); in some sites, M. sylvanus feed heavily on acorns and cedar leaves, cones, and cambium; M. mulatta eat temple offerings

Diurnal, multimale/ multifemale; M. sylvanus: group size 12-59 individuals; M. mulatta: group size 10-200 individuals

M. sylvanus: 10.2-11.2 kg females, 15.3-17.0 kg males; M. mulatta: 3.0-10.9 kg females, 5.08-10.9 kg males

Deag, 1983; Goldstein & Richard, 1989; Lindburg, 1977; Malik, 1986; Mehlman, 1988, 1989; Menard & Vallet, 1986; Richard, et al., 1989; Seth & Seth, 1986

M. thibetana

Tibetan macaque

Reproductive plant parts 35% (10-59%), ground-layer foods 22% (11-33%), leaves and other vegetative parts 43% (30-56%), prey not quantified; fed by humans near temples

Diurnal, mostly terrestrial, multimale/ multifemale

7.81-14.2 kg females, 10.7-13.0 kg males

Richard et al., 1989; Silva & Downing, 1995; Zhao & Deng, 1988; Zhao et al., 1991

Allenopithecus

A. nigroviridis

Allen’s swamp monkey

Fruit 81%; pith 2%; roots, flowers, nectar, animal prey (vertebrates and invertebrates) 17%; little studied

Diurnal, arboreal and terrestrial (swim), multimale/ multifemale, group size up to 40 individuals

3.7 kg female, 5.95 kg male

Gautier-Hion, 1988a,b; Zeeve, 1991

Cercocebus

C. agilisc

C. galeritus

C. torquatus

C. torquatus atys

Agile mangabey

Tana river mangabey

White-collared mangabey

Sooty mangabey

Fruit 76% (14-100%); leaves 12% (0-83%); flowers and buds 1% (0-5%); other plant parts 4% (0-50%); prey 8% (0-22%)

Diurnal, arboreal and terrestrial, multimale/ multifemale, group size 14-95 individuals

4.7-5.47 kg females, 9.2 - 10.8 kg males

Davies et al., 1983; Fleagle, 1988; Gautier-Hion, 1978, 1983; Gautier-Hion et al., 1980; Homewood, 1978; Mitani, 1989, 1991; Napier, 1981; Quris, 1975; Ross, 1991; Silva & Downing, 1995; Waser, 1984; Wolfheim, 1983

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