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Science 16 August 1968:
Vol. 161. no. 3842, pp. 698 - 700
DOI: 10.1126/science.161.3842.698
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Ruminant-Like Digestion of the Langur Monkey

T. Bauchop 1 and R. W. Martucci 1

1 National Center for Primate Biology, University of California, Davis 95616

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.


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