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. 2022 Sep 3;25(10):105059. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105059

Table 4.

Food sources targeted by chimpanzees and gorillas during cofeeding events

Family Species of Plant Lifeform Size Class of Trees Food Part Eaten during Cofeeding Observed Cofeeding Events
Apocynaceae Landolphia sp. liane fruit 1
Calophyllaceae Mammea africana tree small, medium fruit 2
Cannabaceae Celtis tessmannii tree large fruit 1
Fabaceae Angylocalyx pynaertii tree small, medium fruit 1
Dialium pachyphyllum tree small fruit 1
Pterocarpus soyauxii tree small, medium, large fruit 1
Tetrapleura tetraptera tree medium, large fruit 1
Irvingiaceae Klainedoxa gabonensis tree large fruit 4
Loganiaceae Strychnos sp. liane fruit 1
Malvaceae Ceiba pentandra tree small fruit 2
Moraceae Antiaris toxicaria tree large fruit 1
Ficus burretiana hemi-epiphyte, strangler fig 1
Ficus elasticoides hemi-epiphyte, strangler fig 33
Ficus exasperata hemi-epiphyte, strangler fig 1
Ficus recurvata strangler fig 12
Ficus wildemaniana hemi-epiphyte, strangler fig 2
Ficus spp. hemi-epiphyte, strangler fruit 13
Treculia africana tree medium seeds, fruit 7
Rubiaceae Nauclea diderrichii tree medium fruit 1
Sapindaceae Pancovia laurentii tree small, medium, large fruit 4
Zanha golungensis tree medium, large fruit 1
Sapotaceae Chrysophyllum lacourtianum tree medium, large fruit 4
Unknown Unidentified
Unidentified
fruit
flowers
1
1

Cofeeding events involved at least one member of both species feeding at the same food source (e.g., in the same tree crown). Lifeform describes plant morphology of the species cofed upon by sympatric apes (see Ndolo Ebika et al., 2018 for the lifeforms of Ficus spp.). Size classes of trees are small (10-30 cm diameter at breast height, DBH), medium (30-80 cm DBH), and large (>80 cm DBH).