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Evidence of scavenging behaviour in crested porcupine

The vegetarian diet of many herbivorous mammals is supplemented with proteins of animal origin, especially in young individuals and in breeding females, to provide key proteins necessary for both growth and breeding. Among porcupine species, only the Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis) has bee...

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Published in:Sci Rep
Main Authors: Coppola, Francesca, Guerrieri, Denise, Simoncini, Andrea, Varuzza, Paolo, Vecchio, Giuseppe, Felicioli, Antonio
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7378177/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32704027
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69252-z
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