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Cyclical nursing patterns in wild orangutans

Nursing behavior is notoriously difficult to study in arboreal primates, particularly when offspring suckle inconspicuously in nests. Orangutans have the most prolonged nursing period of any mammal, with the cessation of suckling (weaning) estimated to occur at 6 to 8 years of age in the wild. Milk...

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Autores principales: Smith, Tanya M., Austin, Christine, Hinde, Katie, Vogel, Erin R., Arora, Manish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5435413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28560319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1601517

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