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Food acquisition and processing is the main theme of this volume, but food itself is usually only categorized in terms of leaves, flowers, fruits, insects and meat, and the food eaters in terms of folivores, frugivores, “omnivores”, insectivores, carnivores, generalist feeders and specialist feeders.
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van Roosmalen, M.G.M. (1984). Subcategorizing Foods in Primates. In: Chivers, D.J., Wood, B.A., Bilsborough, A. (eds) Food Acquisition and Processing in Primates. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5244-1_7
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