Sexual behavior in a one-male unit of Rhinopithecus bieti in captivity
Abstract 10.1002/zoo.20004.abs Data regarding the sexual behavior of black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti) were collected in 1998 in a one-male unit in captivity by all-occurrences sampling during the mating season. Before the present study, little was known about the sexual behavior of this species. This study showed that female solicitation is mainly expressed as “prostration […]
Food habits of Rhinopithecus bieti as assessed by fecal analysis at Mt. Longma, Southwest China
Abstract The food habits of Rhinopithecus bieti were studied at Mt. Longma in Tianchi Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, China using microhistological analysis of feces and phytochemical component analysis of food items, from January 2007 to March 2008. This region is the southernmost location of R. bieti with the most complex and varied vegetation types. R. […]