Ruminant-Like Digestion of the Langur Monkey
Abstract
The adaptation of langur monkeys to a laboratory environment has made possible a detailed investigation of their digestive physiology. The diverticular form of the langur stomach permits a bacterial fermentation of the leafy diet, which results in important contributions to the nutrition of these primates. The demonstration of a ruminant-like digestion in langurs extends the known taxonomic distribution of this digestive adaptation.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- August 1968
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.161.3842.698
- Bibcode:
- 1968Sci...161..698B