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U.P.R. n. 263 du C.N.R.S., Laboratoire d'Ecologie générale du Muséum, national d'Histoire naturelle, Brunoy.
C R Acad Sci III. 1992;315(4):151-7.
Taste thresholds and consumption responses to above-threshold concentrations of fructose solutions were determined in eight callitrichid primate species using the "two-bottle preference test". Although taste thresholds are relatively similar across species, above-threshold responses may differ considerably between marmosets and tamarins. As fructose concentration increases, the rate of consumption increases less for most marmoset species (Cebuella and Callithrix spp.) than for Goeldi's monkey (Callimico) and tamarins (Saguinus and Leontopithecus spp.). It is proposed that distinct shapes of the curves illustrating these responses characterize species in terms of global taste system adaptations to different diets.
使用“双瓶偏好测试”测定了8种狨猴科灵长类动物对高于阈值浓度的果糖溶液的味觉阈值和消耗反应。尽管不同物种间味觉阈值相对相似，但狨猴和绢毛猴高于阈值的反应可能差异很大。随着果糖浓度的增加，大多数狨猴物种（侏狨属和狨属物种）的消耗速率增长幅度小于戈氏狨（Callimico）和绢毛猴（伶猴属和狮面狨属物种）。有人提出，说明这些反应的曲线形状各异，这在全球味觉系统对不同饮食的适应性方面表征了不同物种。
