Title
Observations on the Diet of the Giant Armadillo (Priodontes maximus Kerr, 1792)
Author(s)
Wallace, R. B.;Painter, L. E.
Published
2013
Publisher
Edentata
Abstract
In this short note we report on the stomach contents of a giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) in the Bolivian Amazon. The stomach exclusively contained seeds of a relatively large-seeded unknown species of fig (Ficus sp.). Subsequent observations under fruitingFicus free-standing trees at a second location in eastern Bolivia further suggested thatPriodontes occasionally feed on figs.
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