Intraspecific Variation in Maximum Ingested Food Size and Body Mass in Varecia rubra and Propithecus coquereli.

Anatomy Research International
Adam Hartstone-Rose, Jonathan M G Perry

Abstract

In a recent study, we quantified the scaling of ingested food size (V(b))-the maximum size at which an animal consistently ingests food whole-and found that V(b) scaled isometrically between species of captive strepsirrhines. The current study examines the relationship between V(b) and body size within species with a focus on the frugivorous Varecia rubra and the folivorous Propithecus coquereli. We found no overlap in V(b) between the species (all V. rubra ingested larger pieces of food relative to those eaten by P. coquereli), and least-squares regression of V(b) and three different measures of body mass showed no scaling relationship within each species. We believe that this lack of relationship results from the relatively narrow intraspecific body size variation and seemingly patternless individual variation in V(b) within species and take this study as further evidence that general scaling questions are best examined interspecifically rather than intraspecifically.

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Jun 19, 2012·The Anatomical Record : Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology·Adam Hartstone-RoseCaroline J Morrow
Jan 21, 2014·American Journal of Primatology·Célia Kun-RodriguesLounès Chikhi
Mar 3, 2015·American Journal of Physical Anthropology·Adam Hartstone-RoseJonathan M G Perry
Nov 22, 2016·Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science : JAAWS·Gloria Fernández LázaroEnrique Alonso García
Jul 11, 2018·American Journal of Physical Anthropology·David R SamsonCharles L Nunn
Feb 9, 2018·The Anatomical Record : Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology·Damiano Marchi, Adam Hartstone-Rose
Feb 9, 2018·The Anatomical Record : Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology·Damiano MarchiAdam Hartstone-Rose
Jan 9, 2020·American Journal of Physical Anthropology·Lisa M PaciulliAdam Hartstone-Rose
Feb 9, 2018·The Anatomical Record : Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology·Carissa L LeischnerAdam Hartstone-Rose

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