Next Up: 4th-seeded Maroon Langur (Presbytis rubicunda) vs. No.5 seed Red Brocket (Mazama americana) #2021MMM 
After last night's amphibian vs amphibian, reptile vs. reptile, named for an Egyptian god vs named for an Egyptian god...
Tonight we bring you brutal Ruminant on ruminant* action! #2021MMM
Tonight we bring you brutal Ruminant on ruminant* action! #2021MMM
Cause we're really gonna rock tonight! #2021MMM
As deer (Cervidae), the Red Brocket is a true ruminant in the Artiodactyl suborder Ruminantia, with a four chambered stomach that allows fluid washing & microbial fermentation for plant matter digestion (Jones et al. 2018). #PlantCarnage #2021MMM core.ac.uk/download/pdf/3…
During the breeding season, Red Brocket male courtship behavior involves special "bleat" vocalizations that are used to attract females who choose which male will be their mate (Black-Décima et al. 2020) repositorio.unesp.br/handle/11449/1… #2021MMM
Maroon Langur, like other monkeys in the taxonomic subfamily Colobinae, is a foregut fermenters w/ a comparmentalized stomach, symbiotic microbiome, & other adaptations to digest fiber-heavy, herbivorous diet (Hoshino et al. 2021) #PlantCarnage #2021MMM biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Maroon Langurs consume a relatively large diet of fruits & seeds for a folivore. They also have a wide daily travel area to support their foraging for fruits (Smith et al. 2013) #2021MMM image by Charles J. Sharp cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abst…
Unlike many other primate species, Maroon Langurs are notable for their very low social interactions among adult group members w/o observations of social grooming among adults (Smith et al. 2013) #2021MMM cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abst…
Tonight's battle takes place in the peat swamp Sebangau Forest, Central Kalimantan of Indonesian Borneo #2021MMM
A uni-male, multi-female group of Maroon Langurs with several infants and juveniles in the group have come to the ground to forage, as is common in this location
(Cheyne et al. 2018)
#2021MMM link.springer.com/article/10.100…
(Cheyne et al. 2018)
#2021MMM link.springer.com/article/10.100…
In the trees, snakes & raptors can be dangerous predators of Maroon Langurs, but humans have caused extinctions, local extirpations, or endangerment of many terrestrial predators so the ground isn't a scary as it once was (Cheyne et al. 2018). #Dhole #Leopards #2021MMM
Two Maroon Langur females have found a patch of mushrooms and are eagerly gorging on the fungi, briefly letting down their vigilance (Cheyne et al. 2019) #2021MMM pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30889599/
The large male Maroon Langur has himself ravaged ripe fallen fruit & is resting, eye closed, a couple meters away from the females.
The white-haired infants and juveniles gambol, absorbed in an intense bout of rough & tumble play! (image from borneonaturefoundation.org) #2021MMM
The white-haired infants and juveniles gambol, absorbed in an intense bout of rough & tumble play! (image from borneonaturefoundation.org) #2021MMM
Enter... THE RED BROCKET! #2021MMM
He strolls through in the tree trunks,
marshes and mud;
grazin' and browsin' and
a-chewin' his cud...
#RockinBrocket #2021MMM
marshes and mud;
grazin' and browsin' and
a-chewin' his cud...
#RockinBrocket #2021MMM
Every little Sambar,
ev'ry Red Muntjac;
Every frontin' buck
with the ten-tine rack;
The wise old Elk,
the buff brown Roe;
Swingin' their heads,
buglin' go Red go!
#RockinBrocket
#2021MMM
(Fact Check: of these cervids, only muntjac & sambar are found in Borneo)
ev'ry Red Muntjac;
Every frontin' buck
with the ten-tine rack;
The wise old Elk,
the buff brown Roe;
Swingin' their heads,
buglin' go Red go!
#RockinBrocket
#2021MMM
(Fact Check: of these cervids, only muntjac & sambar are found in Borneo)
All the little Does
on Cervid Street,
Love to hear the Brocket
go BLEAT BLEAT BLEAT
#RockinBrocket
#2021MMM
on Cervid Street,
Love to hear the Brocket
go BLEAT BLEAT BLEAT
#RockinBrocket
#2021MMM
None of the monkeys notice the magnificent Red Brocket. #2021MMM
A fan of fungi during the wet season, the Red Brocket takes a shortcut to mushrooms through the primate playgroup, startling the excitable Maroon Langur youngsters #2021MMM
A cacophany of alarm calls erupt from the monkey youngsters as they rush toward their now frantic mothers! #2021MMM
Startled from his dozing, 'the now also vocalising adult male leads the group away for a short distance & the group as a whole freezes' to look back at the Red Brocket enjoying mushrooms (Nijman & Nekaris 2012) #2021MMM pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23363588/
"A short distance" in this case is officially off the field of battle #2021MMM
Well he came out struttin'
& bless this kid,
he out "fought" the monkey
& the mustelid!
#RockinBrocket
#2021MMM
& bless this kid,
he out "fought" the monkey
& the mustelid!
#RockinBrocket
#2021MMM
RED BROCKET ROUSTS MAROON LANGUR!!! #2021MMM
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