Sterling E J
Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
Folia Primatol (Basel). 1994;62(1-3):142-54. doi: 10.1159/000156771.
During the course of a 2-year field study on aye-ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis), data were collected on dietary composition, food acquisition and structural properties of food resources. Aye-ayes in this study sampled remarkably few species from a variety of food types. A majority of these resources were heavily structurally defended and therefore difficult of access for other mammals. Aye-ayes used their modified finger and anterior teeth to harvest most of these resources.
在对指猴(Daubentonia madagascariensis)进行的为期两年的野外研究过程中,收集了有关饮食组成、食物获取以及食物资源结构特性的数据。本研究中的指猴从多种食物类型中选取的物种非常少。这些资源中的大多数在结构上有很强的防御性,因此其他哺乳动物难以获取。指猴用其经过特殊演化的手指和前牙获取这些资源中的大部分。