INFANTICIDE AMONG RINGTAILED LEMURS (LEMUR-CATTA) AT BERENTY-RESERVE, MADAGASCAR

被引:36
作者
HOOD, LC [1 ]
机构
[1] PRINCETON UNIV,DEPT ECOL & EVOLUTIONARY BIOL,PRINCETON,NJ 08544
关键词
INFANTICIDE; LEMUR CATTA; RINGTAILED LEMUR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;
D O I
10.1002/ajp.1350330107
中图分类号
Q95 [动物学];
学科分类号
071002 ;
摘要
During an intertroop encounter, an infanticide was observed in a population of ringtailed lemurs (Lemur catta) at Berenty Reserve, Madagascar. The killer was a male that had not been previously observed to mate with any females in the infant's troop. This observation, combined with other observations of infanticidal behavior by males at Berenty Reserve and the Duke University Primate Center, is consistent with the hypothesis that infanticide is a reproductive tactic for some male ringtailed lemurs. (C) 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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