Do snakes represent the principal predatory threat to callitrichids? Fatal attack of a viper (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Bothrops leucurus</Emphasis>) on a common marmoset (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Callithrix jacchus</Emphasis>) in the Atlantic Forest of the Brazilian Northeast |
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Authors: | Stephen F Ferrari Raone Beltrão-Mendes |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Biology,Universidade Federal de Sergipe,S?o Cristóv?o,Brazil;2.Department of Ecology and Systematics,Universidade Federal da Paraíba,Jo?o Pessoa,Brazil;3.Sergipe State Environment Ministry (SEMARH),Aracaju,Brazil |
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Abstract: | A juvenile common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) was attacked by a whitetail lancehead viper (Bothrops leucurus) while playing with other group members close to the ground at a site in northeastern Brazil. The attack was almost immediately
fatal, but the viper was unable to ingest the body of the marmoset. After approximately 10 min, during which it attempted
to swallow the marmoset a number of times, the viper moved away, abandoning the body. While raptors are the principal predators
of callitrichids, this record reinforces the relative vulnerability of these primates to snakes in comparison with other platyrrhines,
although the small number of recorded events precludes a more definitive analysis of the phenomenon. |
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