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Published 2017-01-15
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Here I report on an observation of an unusual threat display involving fur-rubbing with Citrus sp. leaves by an adult male hooded capuchin (Sapajus cay) in the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest fragment of Rancho Laguna Blanca in eastern Paraguay.
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