Bite force and jaw stress in the jaguar (Panthera onca) during predation of the peccaries (Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae) by fracture of its skulls

One of the most effective ways of the jaguar’s predation (Panthera onca) is the application of bite force at the neurocranium of peccaries, one of its main natural preys, causing highly compressivestress that becomes fracture with its back a quick killing. In the present study were analyzed by the m...

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Hauptverfasser: Del Moral Sachetti, J. Fernando, Lameda Camacaro, Fátima I., Santiago Vázquez, Jorge, Zenteno Cárdenas, Ramiro
Format: Online
Sprache:spa
Veröffentlicht: Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 2011
Online Zugang:https://azm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/azm/article/view/779