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Moustached tamarins were observed consuming soil on three occasions in Peru. On one occasion, an individual consumed soil from an ant mound. Soil samples from the three locations were analyzed. The sample from the ant mound had higher concentrations of several elements compared to the other two soil samples. The consumption of soil by moustached tamarins is likely for mineral supplementation, as their diet does not include leaves requiring detoxification or pH adjustment like other primates that practice ge

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CARTER2010

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