The fruit are dispersed by animals; fruit which are not dispersed frequently suffer seed predation by bruchid beetles. Certain species of "Attalea" have been mentioned as examples of anachronistic species which are adapted for dispersal by now-extinct Pleistocene megafauna. On Maracá Island, Roraima, in the Brazilian Amazon, "A. maripa" fruit were consumed by tapirs, collared peccaries, deer, and primates. Rodents, including agoutis, fed upon the fruit, and as the fruit availability declined, they fed on the seeds. Other dispersers of "Attalea" fruit include crested caracaras, which consume the fruit and disperse the seeds of "A. phalerata" in the Brazilian Pantanal.