Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The diet of the Barbary macaque consists primarily of plants and insects and they are found in a variety of habitats. Males live to around 25 years old while females may live up to 30 years. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Besides humans , they are the only free-living primates in Europe .
Nepenthes (/ n ɪ ˈ p ɛ n θ iː z / nih-PEN-theez) is a genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants, or monkey cups, in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae. The genus includes about 170 species , [ 4 ] and numerous natural and many cultivated hybrids.
Macaques are principally frugivorous (preferring fruit), although their diet also includes seeds, leaves, flowers, and tree bark. Some species such as the long-tailed macaque ( M. fascicularis ; also called the crab-eating macaque) will supplement their diets with small amounts of meat from shellfish, insects, and small mammals.
The coppery titi monkey (Plecturocebus cupreus) or red titi monkey [3] is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, from South America. [2] They are found in the Amazon of Brazil and Peru, and perhaps northern Bolivia. [2] It was described as Callithrix cupreus in 1823. [2] These monkeys have a lifespan of a little over 20 years. [4]
When both blades and seeds are available, geladas prefer the seeds. They eat flowers, rhizomes, and roots when available, [15] [16] using their hands to dig for the latter two. They consume herbs, small plants, fruits, creepers, bushes, and thistles. [15] [16] Insects can be eaten, but only rarely and only if they can easily be obtained. During ...
Capuchin monkeys can exploit many different types of plant matter, including fruit, leaves, flowers, buds, nectar and seeds, but also eat insects and other invertebrates, bird eggs, and small vertebrates such as birds, lizards, squirrels and bats. [92] The common chimpanzee eats an omnivorous frugivorous diet. It prefers fruit above all other ...
Tamarins are omnivores, eating fruits and other plant parts as well as spiders, insects, small vertebrates and bird eggs. Gestation is typically 140 days, and births are normally twins . The adult males, subadults, and juveniles in the group assist with caring for the young, bringing them to their mother to nurse.
Wolf's mona monkey was found to feed in the trees while the bonobo fed or rested. [12] Another study has shown that bonobos will prey on monkey species, including Wolf's mona monkey. A five-year study in Salonga National Park witnessed five incidents where bonobos preyed on groups of monkeys. The research indicates it was deliberate hunting ...