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Hunting and consumption of fruit-eating bats (Artibeus watsoni) by Cebus imitator in Playa Blanca, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

2026-04-13

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<title>Abstract</title> <p> Vertebrate hunting and meat-eating are documented behaviors in many non-human primates, yet the predation of bats by Neotropical primates remains rarely reported. This study provides the first detailed record of a wild capuchin monkey ( <italic>Cebus imitator</italic> ) hunting and consuming fruit-eating bats ( <italic>Artibeus watsoni</italic> ) in a forest fragment on the Pacifi...

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Literature Corpus work: b7670761-dc84-5552-bfd4-4d56034c512f
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9373318/v1

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