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Dietary choices by four captive slender lorises (Loris tardigradus) when presented with various insect life stages.

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Clayton, JB; Glander, KE
Published in: Zoo biology
March 2011

The slender loris (Loris tardigradus) is a rare, nocturnal prosimian found only in the tropical rainforest of southern India and Sri Lanka. Little is known about their diet, though it is assumed that insects comprise a majority of their wild diet. Based on this assumption, captive lorises are offered a variety of insects or insect life stages; the species of insect or the life stage is often determined by what is easiest to buy or rear. Captive lorises at the Duke Lemur Center (DLC) were offered the opportunity to choose which life stage of mealworms (Tenebrio molito), superworms (Zophobus morio), or waxworms (Galleria mellonella) they preferred. The DLC captive lorises did not select the largest life stages of any insect offered. They preferred the larvae stage to the adult stage in all three insect species, and males and females had different insect species and life stage preferences.

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Zoo biology

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EISSN

1098-2361

ISSN

0733-3188

Publication Date

March 2011

Volume

30

Issue

2

Start / End Page

189 / 198

Related Subject Headings

  • Male
  • Lorisidae
  • Larva
  • Insecta
  • Female
  • Feeding Behavior
  • Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology
  • Animals
  • 3109 Zoology
  • 0707 Veterinary Sciences
 

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Clayton, J. B., & Glander, K. E. (2011). Dietary choices by four captive slender lorises (Loris tardigradus) when presented with various insect life stages. Zoo Biology, 30(2), 189–198. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.20346
Clayton, Jonathan B., and Kenneth E. Glander. “Dietary choices by four captive slender lorises (Loris tardigradus) when presented with various insect life stages.Zoo Biology 30, no. 2 (March 2011): 189–98. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.20346.
Clayton, Jonathan B., and Kenneth E. Glander. “Dietary choices by four captive slender lorises (Loris tardigradus) when presented with various insect life stages.Zoo Biology, vol. 30, no. 2, Mar. 2011, pp. 189–98. Epmc, doi:10.1002/zoo.20346.
Journal cover image

Published In

Zoo biology

DOI

EISSN

1098-2361

ISSN

0733-3188

Publication Date

March 2011

Volume

30

Issue

2

Start / End Page

189 / 198

Related Subject Headings

  • Male
  • Lorisidae
  • Larva
  • Insecta
  • Female
  • Feeding Behavior
  • Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology
  • Animals
  • 3109 Zoology
  • 0707 Veterinary Sciences