On 27 Sept 2000 at about 06:45 John Walker and others observed a Eulemur
fulvus ssp. infant alone on a trail at Berenty Reserve (in the south
of Madagascar). Shortly thereafter another troop of E. fulvus appeared.
One of the males in the troop noticed the infant and beheaded it. A female
then took the infant from him and proceded to eat it. John had no camera,
left the scene and returned with a camcorder and proceded to film the female
eating the infant for another 10 minutes.
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See Also:
Jolly, A. et al, 2000 "Infant killing, wounding
and predation in Eulemur and Lemur", International Journal
of Primatology, 21:(1) 20-40
Note: The subspecies of Eulemur fulvus is indeterminant at Berenty as both rufus and collaris have been introduced into the reserve and most of the animals are now hybrids (Jan Jekielek, personal communication)
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