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Foods Eaten in a Regenerating Rainforest by the Endangered Manu Learning Centre – 450-1100m asl, Madre de Dios, SE Peru Foods eaten in a regenerating rainforest by 1 the Endangered woolly monkey (Lagothrix cana) Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya, Andrew Whitworth, Jaime Villacampa, Victor Chama Moscoso and Percy Nuñez Vargas Photos by the authors, volunteers and visitors of Crees. Produced by Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya, with the support of The Rufford Foundation, The Crees Foundation & San Antonio Abad del Cusco University. Thanks to all Crees volunteers, staff and visiting researchers for assistance in the field and to Charlotte Taylor and Kyle Dexter for help in plant identification. © R. Pillco H. [[email protected]] [fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org] [759] version 1 04/2016 Adult male woolly monkey (Lagothrix cana) at the Manu Learning Centre, Mascoitania reserve (71°23’28”W 12°47’21”S). Photo by Marcus Brent-Smith Adult female woolly monkey (Lagothrix cana) and baby in a sapote tree (Quararibea cordata), one of the 99 species within this guide. Photo from the TreeTopManu arboreal camera trap research, in association with the Crees Foundation (www.crees-manu.org) and the Manu Learning Centre – 450-1100m asl, Madre de Dios, SE Peru Foods eaten in a regenerating rainforest by 2 the Endangered woolly monkey (Lagothrix cana) Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya, Andrew Whitworth, Jaime Villacampa, Victor Chama Moscoso and Percy Nuñez Vargas Photos by the authors, volunteers and visitors of Crees. Produced by Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya, with the support of The Rufford Foundation, The Crees Foundation & San Antonio Abad del Cusco University. Thanks to all Crees volunteers, staff and visiting researchers for assistance in the field and to Charlotte Taylor and Kyle Dexter for help in plant identification. © R. Pillco H. [[email protected]] [fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org] [759] version 1 04/2016 1 Mendoncia robusta 2 Spondias mombin 3 Spondias mombin 4 Annona edulis 5 Guatteria blepharophylla ACANTHACEAE ANACARDIACEAE ANACARDIACEAE ANNONACEAE ANNONACEAE 6 Guatteria sp. 7 Oxandra sphaerocarpa 8 Lacmellea arborescens 9 Pacouria boliviensis 10 Pacouria boliviensis ANNONACEAE ANNONACEAE APOCYNACEAE APOCYNACEAE APOCYNACEAE 11 Philodendron asplundii 12 Philodendron asplundii 13 Philodendron ernestii 14 Philodendron ernestii 15 Philodendron tripartitum ARACEAE ARACEAE ARACEAE ARACEAE ARACEAE 16 Philodendron sp. 17 Rhodospatha latifolia 18 Rhodospatha latifolia 19 Iriartea deltoidea 20 Iriartea deltoidea ARACEAE ARACEAE ARACEAE ARECACEAE ARECACEAE Manu Learning Centre – 450-1100m asl, Madre de Dios, SE Peru Foods eaten in a regenerating rainforest by 3 the Endangered woolly monkey (Lagothrix cana) Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya, Andrew Whitworth, Jaime Villacampa, Victor Chama Moscoso and Percy Nuñez Vargas Photos by the authors, volunteers and visitors of Crees. Produced by Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya, with the support of The Rufford Foundation, The Crees Foundation & San Antonio Abad del Cusco University. Thanks to all Crees volunteers, staff and visiting researchers for assistance in the field and to Charlotte Taylor and Kyle Dexter for help in plant identification. © R. Pillco H. [[email protected]] [fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org] [759] version 1 04/2016 21 Socratea exorrhiza 22 Socratea exorrhiza 23 Celtis iguanaea 24 Jacaratia digitata 25 Jacaratia digitata ARECACEAE ARECACEAE CANNABACEAE CARICACEAE CARICACEAE 26 Peritassa peruviana 27 Garcinia brasiliensis 28 Garcinia cf. brasiliensis 29 Garcinia cf. brasiliensis 30 Garcinia macrophylla CELASTRACEAE CLUSIACEAE CLUSIACEAE CLUSIACEAE CLUSIACEAE 31 Garcinia madruno 32 Garcinia madruno 33 Asplundia sp. 34 Acalypha sp. 35 Erythrina ulei CLUSIACEAE CLUSIACEAE CYCLANTHACEAE EUPHORBIACEAE FABACEAE 36 Erythrina ulei 37 Inga edulis 38 Inga sp. 1 39 Inga sp. 2 40 Inga sp. 3 FABACEAE FABACEAE FABACEAE FABACEAE FABACEAE Manu Learning Centre – 450-1100m asl, Madre de Dios, SE Peru Foods eaten in a regenerating rainforest by 4 the Endangered woolly monkey (Lagothrix cana) Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya, Andrew Whitworth, Jaime Villacampa, Victor Chama Moscoso and Percy Nuñez Vargas Photos by the authors, volunteers and visitors of Crees. Produced by Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya, with the support of The Rufford Foundation, The Crees Foundation & San Antonio Abad del Cusco University. Thanks to all Crees volunteers, staff and visiting researchers for assistance in the field and to Charlotte Taylor and Kyle Dexter for help in plant identification. © R. Pillco H. [[email protected]] [fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org] [759] version 1 04/2016 41 Inga sp. 4 42 Inga sp. 5 43 Inga sp. 6 44 Inga sp. 7 45 Inga sp. 8 FABACEAE FABACEAE FABACEAE FABACEAE FABACEAE 46 Inga sp. 9 47 Lecointea peruviana 48 Calatola costaricensis 49 Calatola costaricensis 50 Nectandra longifolia FABACEAE FABACEAE ICACINACEAE ICACINACEAE LAURACEAE 51 52 53 54 55 LAURACEAE sp. 1 LAURACEAE sp. 2 LAURACEAE sp. 3 LAURACEAE sp. 4 LAURACEAE sp. 5 56 Strychnos asperula 57 Strychnos sp. 1 58 Strychnos sp. 2 59 Byrsonima crispa 60 Byrsonima crispa LOGANIACEAE LOGANIACEAE LOGANIACEAE MALPIGHIACEAE MALPIGHIACEAE Manu Learning Centre – 450-1100m asl, Madre de Dios, SE Peru Foods eaten in a regenerating rainforest by 5 the Endangered woolly monkey (Lagothrix cana) Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya, Andrew Whitworth, Jaime Villacampa, Victor Chama Moscoso and Percy Nuñez Vargas Photos by the authors, volunteers and visitors of Crees. Produced by Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya, with the support of The Rufford Foundation, The Crees Foundation & San Antonio Abad del Cusco University. Thanks to all Crees volunteers, staff and visiting researchers for assistance in the field and to Charlotte Taylor and Kyle Dexter for help in plant identification. © R. Pillco H. [[email protected]] [fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org] [759] version 1 04/2016 61 Quararibea cordata 62 Quararibea cordata 63 Quararibea wittii 64 Bellucia pentamera 65 Guarea kunthiana MALVACEAE MALVACEAE MALVACEAE MELASTOMATACEAE MELIACEAE 66 Abuta sp. 1 67 Abuta sp. 2 68 Abuta sp. 3 69 Abuta sp. 4 70 Anomospermum chloranthum MENISPERMACEAE MENISPERMACEAE MENISPERMACEAE MENISPERMACEAE MENISPERMACEAE 71 Anomospermum reticulatum 72 Borismene japurensis 73 Borismene japurensis 74 Sciadotenia toxifera 75 Brosimum lactescens MENISPERMACEAE MENISPERMACEAE MENISPERMACEAE MENISPERMACEAE MORACEAE 76 Brosimum guianense 77 Brosimum sp. 1 78 Brosimum sp. 2 79 Clarisia racemosa 80 Clarisia racemosa MORACEAE MORACEAE MORACEAE MORACEAE MORACEAE Manu Learning Centre – 450-1100m asl, Madre de Dios, SE Peru Foods eaten in a regenerating rainforest by 6 the Endangered woolly monkey (Lagothrix cana) Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya, Andrew Whitworth, Jaime Villacampa, Victor Chama Moscoso and Percy Nuñez Vargas Photos by the authors, volunteers and visitors of Crees. Produced by Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya, with the support of The Rufford Foundation, The Crees Foundation & San Antonio Abad del Cusco University. Thanks to all Crees volunteers, staff and visiting researchers for assistance in the field and to Charlotte Taylor and Kyle Dexter for help in plant identification. © R. Pillco H. [[email protected]] [fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org] [759] version 1 04/2016 81 Ficus insipida 82 Ficus insipida 83 Ficus paraensis 84 Ficus ypsilophlebia 85 Ficus sp. MORACEAE MORACEAE MORACEAE MORACEAE MORACEAE 86 Maclura tinctoria 87 Poulsenia armata 88 Pseudolmedia laevigata 89 Virola sp. 1 90 Eugenia uniflora MORACEAE MORACEAE MORACEAE MYRISTICACEAE MYRTACEAE 91 Guapira sp. 92 Neea floribunda 93 Neea spruceana 94 Minquartia guianensis 95 Hieronyma alchorneoides NYCTAGINACEAE NYCTAGINACEAE NYCTAGINACEAE OLACACEAE PHYLLANTHACEAE 96 Phytolacca rivinoides 97 Guadua weberbaueri 98 Cybianthus peruvianus 99 Psychotria allenii 100 Hasseltia floribunda PHYTOLACCACEAE POACEAE PRIMULACEAE RUBIACEAE SALICACEAE Manu Learning Centre – 450-1100m asl, Madre de Dios, SE Peru Foods eaten in a regenerating rainforest by 7 the Endangered woolly monkey (Lagothrix cana) Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya, Andrew Whitworth, Jaime Villacampa, Victor Chama Moscoso and Percy Nuñez Vargas Photos by the authors, volunteers and visitors of Crees. Produced by Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya, with the support of The Rufford Foundation, The Crees Foundation & San Antonio Abad del Cusco University. Thanks to all Crees volunteers, staff and visiting researchers for assistance in the field and to Charlotte Taylor and Kyle Dexter for help in plant identification. © R. Pillco H. [[email protected]] [fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org] [759] version 1 04/2016 101 Paullinia hystrix 102 Paullinia hystrix 103 Chrysophyllum sp. 104 Micropholis venulosa 105 Pouteria sp. 1 SAPINDACEAE SAPINDACEAE SAPOTACEAE SAPOTACEAE SAPOTACEAE 106 Pouteria sp. 2 107 Pouteria sp. 3 108 Pouteria sp. 4 109 Pouteria sp. 5 110 Cecropia membranacea SAPOTACEAE SAPOTACEAE SAPOTACEAE SAPOTACEAE URTICACEAE 111 Cecropia sciadophylla 112 Cecropia sciadophylla 113 Pourouma cecropiifolia 114 Pourouma guianensis 115 Pourouma guianensis URTICACEAE URTICACEAE URTICACEAE URTICACEAE URTICACEAE 116 Pourouma mollis 117 Urera sp. 118 Leonia glycycarpa 119 Leonia glycycarpa 120 Cissus verticillata URTICACEAE URTICACEAE VIOLACEAE VIOLACEAE VITACEAE .
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