Free‐ranging Southern anteater mating behavior: Contribution to <i>Tamandua</i> natural history

2023/01/23 by Alessandra Bertassoni, Mariana L. Catapani, Mariana Labão Catapani +1 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Marine animal studies overview #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

paper · doi:10.1002/zoo.21754

openalex publication_date 2023/01/23 · openalex created_date 2023/01/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

Observing behavior in wild Southern Anteaters (Tamandua tetradactyla) allows Xenarthran researchers to gain perspective on natural history of this neotropical scansorial species. We describe the use of the prehensile tail to facilitate copulation for a pair in southeastern Brazil, a novel observation for this species. This detailed account of mating behavior in lesser anteaters is one of very few in the literature and contributes to basic knowledge of this group.

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