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Nutrient Requirements of Nonhuman Primates: Second Revised Edition (2003)
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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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