Claim · model-written summary
Propithecus diadema edwardsi broke seeds into pieces and did not pass recognizable seeds.
- Taxon
- Propithecus diadema edwardsi
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Propithecus edwardsie1 - Organ / stage
- seedse0
- Outcome
- masticated seeds into two or more piecese0
Verbatim
e0“P. D. edwardsi masticated seeds into two or more pieces while feeding. Seed fragments were either dropped under the parent tree or chewed and swallowed; seeds never emerged as recognizable units in feces.”
e1“Propithecus diadema edwardsi”
Title
Deborah J. Overdorff; Suzanne G. Strait American Journal of Primatology 1998. doi:10.1002/(sici)1098-2345(1998)45:1<69::aid-ajp6>3.3.co;2-w
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation Both Eulemur species dropped or swallowed seeds whole.
- Observation E. rubriventer passed longer, wider and heavier seeds than E. F. rufus.
- Observation Some Protorhus seeds passed by Eulemur had scrapes or punctures.
- Observation Protorhus seeds were more susceptible to mastication than undamaged Eugenia, Cissus and Chrysophyllum seeds.
- Observation H. madagascariensis seeds were undamaged and had properties comparable to Protorhus, possibly owing to small size.
- Observation All damaged seeds became moldy or rotten within six days.
- Observation Fifteen percent of undamaged seeds passed by E. rubriventer germinated.
- Observation No seeds passed by E. F. rufus germinated.
- Observation Eulemur tended to defecate in the parent tree, making dispersal under that tree likely.
- Observation The primates were judged ineffective seed dispersers for the studied plants at that time of year.