The Light Bite: Red-Nosed Cuxiu (Chiropotes albinasus, Primates) Exploit Differential Penetrability of Hard Fruit Husks When Selecting Dental Puncture Sites

Adrian A. Barnett; Gemma Penhorwood; Ellie Little; Rebecca Bonham; Maisie Carter; Richelly S. Andrade; Gitana N. Cavalcanti; Renann H.P. Dias da Silva; Marcelo Menenzes; Jen Muir; Tadeu G. de Oliveira; Tereza C. Santos-Barnett; Lucy M. Todd; Justin A. Ledogar; Sarah A. Boyle; Ben Klinkenberg

doi:10.1111/btp.70113

The Light Bite: Red-Nosed Cuxiu (Chiropotes albinasus, Primates) Exploit Differential Penetrability of Hard Fruit Husks When Selecting Dental Puncture Sites

Adrian A. Barnett
, Gemma Penhorwood
, Ellie Little
, Rebecca Bonham
, Maisie Carter
, Richelly S. Andrade
, Gitana N. Cavalcanti
, Renann H.P. Dias da Silva
, Marcelo Menenzes
, Jen Muir
, Tadeu G. de Oliveira
, Tereza C. Santos-Barnett
, Lucy M. Todd
, Justin A. Ledogar
, Sarah A. Boyle
, Ben Klinkenberg

Department of Biomedical Health Sciences

Natural Resources Institute
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Universidade Estadual do Maranhão
Hartpury University and Hartpury College
Universidade Federal do Amazonas
GAE Serviços Ambientais
Anglia Ruskin University
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Centro Universitário FAMETRO
University of California at Davis
Biology Research

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Original language	English
Article number	e70113
Journal	Biotropica
Volume	57
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70113
State	Published - Nov 2025

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Keywords

Amazon
biomechanics
bite selectivity
dental damage avoidance
durophagy
energy conservation
feeding behavior
foraging ecology

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Barnett, A. A., Penhorwood, G., Little, E., Bonham, R., Carter, M., Andrade, R. S., Cavalcanti, G. N., Dias da Silva, R. H. P., Menenzes, M., Muir, J., de Oliveira, T. G., Santos-Barnett, T. C., Todd, L. M., Ledogar, J. A., Boyle, S. A., & Klinkenberg, B. (2025). The Light Bite: Red-Nosed Cuxiu (Chiropotes albinasus, Primates) Exploit Differential Penetrability of Hard Fruit Husks When Selecting Dental Puncture Sites. Biotropica, 57(6), Article e70113. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70113

Barnett, AA, Penhorwood, G, Little, E, Bonham, R, Carter, M, Andrade, RS, Cavalcanti, GN, Dias da Silva, RHP, Menenzes, M, Muir, J, de Oliveira, TG, Santos-Barnett, TC, Todd, LM, Ledogar, JA, Boyle, SA & Klinkenberg, B 2025, 'The Light Bite: Red-Nosed Cuxiu (Chiropotes albinasus, Primates) Exploit Differential Penetrability of Hard Fruit Husks When Selecting Dental Puncture Sites', Biotropica, vol. 57, no. 6, e70113. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70113

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