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Interspecific differences in prey captured by associating saddleback (Saguinus fuscicollis) and moustached (Saguinus mystax) tamarins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2000

Andrew C. Smith
Andrew C. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The University of Reading, P.O. Box 238, Reading, RG6 6AL, U.K.
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Abstract

The present study provides comparative data on the types and microhabitats of animal prey captured by associating saddleback Saguinus fuscicollis and moustached Saguinus mystax tamarins. The main prey items were katydids (Tettigoniidae, Orthoptera), stick grasshoppers (Proscopiidae, Orthoptera) and spiders (Araneida), although lizards (Squamata) and frogs (Anura) were also taken. The tamarins foraged for, and captured prey from, significantly different substrates. This resulted in a significant partitioning of the prey spectrum between the two species. Sylvan katydids (Pseudophyllinae) accounted for most of the prey of both species, but the moustached tamarins captured more bush katydids (Phaneropterinae) than the saddlebacks. The degree of dietary overlap was less for animal prey than the plant-based portion of the tamarins' diet.

Keywords

tamarinSaguinusOrthopterafeedingpartitioning
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Zoology , Volume 251 , Issue 3 , July 2000 , pp. 315 - 324
Copyright
2000 The Zoological Society of London

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