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Adoption of infant howling monkeys ( Alouatta palliata )
Author(s) -
Clarke Margaret R.,
Glander Kenneth E.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
american journal of primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1098-2345
pISSN - 0275-2565
DOI - 10.1002/ajp.1350010413
Subject(s) - paternal care , time budget , primate , biology , ecology , pregnancy , genetics , offspring
During 3 years of continuous field observations on mantled howlers ( Alouatta palliata Gray) in Costa Rica we observed five infants without mothers in the main study group. Four of these infants solicited care and two were adopted (one permanently, one temporarily) by lactating females. The other two were carried but not adopted. The fifth neither solicited nor received care. An infant must solicit care to receive care, and female howlers apparently can suckle more than one infant at a time.