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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 3-3 Fiber Concentrations in Wild-Primate Diets (% of Dry Matter) in Studies in Which under 70% of Items in diet Were Analyzed

Species

Neutral-Detergent Fiber (NDF)

Acid-Detergent Fiber (ADF)

Acid-Detergent Lignin (ADL)

Crude Fiber (CF)

Total Dietary Fiber (TDF)

Reference

Notes

New World monkeys

Alouatta palliata

27.5

—

—

—

—

Milton (1979)

Mean—young leaves

36.4

—

—

—

—

''

Mean—mature leaves

Leaves 48.2% of diet

Alouatta palliata

34.4a

—

—

17.2

—

Estrada (1984)

Mean—young leaves (39.3% of diet)

53.6a

—

—

26.8

—

''

Mean—mature leaves (10% of diet)

Alouatta palliata

42.8a

—

—

21.4

—

Estrada & Coates-Estrada (1986)

Mean—young leaves (36% of diet)

53.2a

—

—

26.6

—

''

Mean—mature leaves (10% of diet)

Prosimians

Avahi laniger

63.0

46.2

—

—

—

Ganzhorn (1988)

Mean—leaves (folivore)

Cheirogaleus major

63.1

43.0

—

—

—

''

Mean—leaves (frugivore)

Eulemur fulvus

58.7

49.0

—

—

—

''

Mean—leaves (frugivore)

Hapalemur griseus

70.4

29.7

—

—

—

''

Mean—leaves (folivore)

Indri indri

61.4

47.5

—

—

—

''

Mean—leaves (folivore)

Lepilemur mustelinus

62.1

45.1

—

—

—

''

Mean—leaves (folivore)

Old World monkeys

Macaca fuscata

49.6c

—

—

—

—

Hill & Lucas (1996)

Mean—petioles

66.4c

—

—

—

—

''

Mean—leaf midrib

42.0c

—

—

—

—

''

Mean—leaf lamina

Colobines

Colobus guereza

34.8

20.2

—

—

—

Oates (1978)

Mean—eight foods (68% of diet)

Presbytis johnii

38.1

30.0

13.6

—

—

Oates et al. (1980)

Mean—young leaves (35.4% of diet)

41.6

32.6

15.3

—

—

''

Mean—mature leaves (26.8% of diet)

Colobus badius

49.4b

39.4

—

—

—

Waterman & Choo (1981)

Mean—leaves

Colobus satanas

65.2b

55.2

—

—

—

''

Mean—leaves

Presbytis johnii

52.1b

42.1

—

—

—

''

Mean—leaves

Colobus badius

48.4b

38.4

—

—

—

Choo et al. (1981)

Mean—mature leaves

38.8b

28.8

—

—

—

''

Mean—young leaves

Colobus satanas

70.8b

60.8

—

—

—

McKey et al. (1981)

Mean—mature leaves

58.6b

48.6

—

—

—

''

Mean—young leaves

Leaf 43%, seeds 57% of diet

Colobus badius,

44.0b

34.0

10.2

—

—

Baranga (1982)

Favored foliage (mean of two)

C. guereza

48.4b

38.4

17.0

—

—

''

Less-favored foliage (6)

Trachypithecus auratus

40.0b

30.0

—

—

—

Kool (1992)

Mean—mature leaves

45.0b

35.0

—

—

—

''

Mean—fruit

Presbytis entellus

34.6b

24.6

—

—

—

Kar-Gupta & Kumar (1994)

Mean—winter foliage

32.6b

22.6

—

—

—

Mean—spring foliage

Nasalis larvatus

63.9

34.7

16.5

—

—

Yeager et al. (1997)

Mean—mature leaves

44.4

31.4

16.0

—

—

''

Mean—young leaves

Rhinopithecus brelichi

46.2

37.0

18.9

—

—

Bleisch et al. (1998)

Mean—leaves

Apes

Pan troglodytes

50.5

33.7

4.5

—

—

Wrangham et al. (1991)

Mean—pith (nine species)

Pan troglodytes

35.6

—

—

—

—

Wrangham et al. (1993)

Mean—pulp (eight fig species)

63.7

—

—

—

—

''

Mean—seeds (eight fig species)
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