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Identification of wild chimpanzee hair samples from feces by electron microscopy

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A large bolus of hairs found in the feces of an adult wild chimpanzee in the Budongo Forest, Uganda, was identified as belonging to a chimpanzee below the age of 3 yrs. This represents the second case of infant-eating recorded in the Budongo Forest.

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  1. V. Reynolds

    Present address: Institute of Biological Anthropology, University of Oxford, 58 Banbury Road, OX2 6QS, Oxford, England

  2. C. Bakuneeta

    Present address: Budongo Forest Project, P. O. Box 362, Masindi, Uganda

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  1. Institute of Biological Anthropology, University of Oxford, 58 Banbury Road, OX2 6QS, Oxford, England

    C. Bakuneeta

  2. Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Aburahi Laboratories, Kokagun, 520-34, Shiga, Japan

    H. Inagaki

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Bakuneeta, C., Inagaki, H. & Reynolds, V. Identification of wild chimpanzee hair samples from feces by electron microscopy. Primates 34, 233–235 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02381396

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