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Reactions to infant death by wild vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: prolonged carrying, non-mother carrying, and partial maternal cannibalism

Observations of dead infant carrying have been reported for many primate species, and researchers have proposed several hypotheses to explain this behaviour. However, despite being a relatively well-studied species, reports of dead infant carrying in wild vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) rem...

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Autores principales: Botting, Jennifer, van de Waal, Erica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Japan 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7599159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32766938
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10329-020-00851-0