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Consumption of cyanogenic bamboo by a newly discovered species of bamboo lemur.

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Glander, KE; Wright, PC; Seigler, DS; Randrianasolo, V; Randrianasolo, B
Published in: American journal of primatology
January 1989

Three species of bamboo-eating lemurs were found to be sympatric in the southeastern rain forests of Madagascar. Sympatric species generally differ in habitat utilization or diet, but these three closely related bamboo lemurs lived in the same habitat and all ate bamboo. Behavioral observation revealed that they did select different parts of the bamboo, and chemical analyses confirmed that there was a difference in the secondary compound content present in those selections. The growing tips of Cephalostachyum ef uiguieri selected by the golden bamboo lemur (Hapalemuraureus) contained 15 mg of cyanide per 100 g fresh weight bamboo while the leaves of C. perrieri selected by the gentle bamboo lemur (H. griseus)and the mature culms of C. cf uiguieri selected by the greater bamboolemur (H. simus) did not contain cyanide. Since each individual golden bamboo lemur ate about 500 g of bamboo per day, they daily ingestedabout 12 times the lethal dose of cyanide. The mechanism by which this small primate avoids the acute and chronic symptoms of cyanide poisioning is unknown.

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American journal of primatology

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1098-2345

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0275-2565

Publication Date

January 1989

Volume

19

Issue

2

Start / End Page

119 / 124

Related Subject Headings

  • Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology
  • 3109 Zoology
  • 1601 Anthropology
  • 0608 Zoology
 

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Glander, K. E., Wright, P. C., Seigler, D. S., Randrianasolo, V., & Randrianasolo, B. (1989). Consumption of cyanogenic bamboo by a newly discovered species of bamboo lemur. American Journal of Primatology, 19(2), 119–124. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.1350190205
Glander, Kenneth E., Patricia C. Wright, David S. Seigler, Voara Randrianasolo, and Bodovololona Randrianasolo. “Consumption of cyanogenic bamboo by a newly discovered species of bamboo lemur.American Journal of Primatology 19, no. 2 (January 1989): 119–24. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.1350190205.
Glander KE, Wright PC, Seigler DS, Randrianasolo V, Randrianasolo B. Consumption of cyanogenic bamboo by a newly discovered species of bamboo lemur. American journal of primatology. 1989 Jan;19(2):119–24.
Glander, Kenneth E., et al. “Consumption of cyanogenic bamboo by a newly discovered species of bamboo lemur.American Journal of Primatology, vol. 19, no. 2, Jan. 1989, pp. 119–24. Epmc, doi:10.1002/ajp.1350190205.
Glander KE, Wright PC, Seigler DS, Randrianasolo V, Randrianasolo B. Consumption of cyanogenic bamboo by a newly discovered species of bamboo lemur. American journal of primatology. 1989 Jan;19(2):119–124.
Journal cover image

Published In

American journal of primatology

DOI

EISSN

1098-2345

ISSN

0275-2565

Publication Date

January 1989

Volume

19

Issue

2

Start / End Page

119 / 124

Related Subject Headings

  • Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology
  • 3109 Zoology
  • 1601 Anthropology
  • 0608 Zoology