Animal-fungal interactions 3: first report of mycophagy by the African Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricidae)
Fungi are an important food source for a diversity of animals throughout the world, but these associations have been poorly studied in Africa. In this short note based on an observation from the Congo Basin of Cameroon, we provide the first report of mycophagy by the African brush-tailed porcupine a...
Main Authors: | Todd F. Elliott, Camille Truong, Olivier Séné, Terry W. Henkel |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
2019-02-01
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Series: | Journal of Threatened Taxa |
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Online Access: | https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/4584 |
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