Primates

, Volume 19, Issue 4, pp 693–713 | Cite as

Socio-maternal behaviors in response to an infant birth inColobus guereza

  • Robert H. Horwich
  • Candida Wurman
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Abstract

A number of social behaviors were observed in a captive troop ofColobus guereza on a regular basis for eight months. These included clasping and related behaviors, forward mounts, rear mounts, presents, troop positions during rest periods, infant transfers and attempted transfers, play, and grooming. During the observation period two significant events occurred: a re-introduction of a mother and her juvenile female, and the birth of an infant to a resident female. These events caused an increase in certain adult behaviors indicating a relationship of them with similar behaviors done between mothers and infants. This similarity seemed to indicate the co-evolution of “maternal” behaviors for use in adult social interactions and the phenomenon of infant transfer or sharing. The maternal and socio-maternal behaviors and their infantile precursors are then discussed in relation to the ontogeny of behavioral forms, the ontogeny of motivation in such behaviors, and the idea of infantile regression during development and in adult life.

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Social Interaction Social Behavior Animal Ecology Rest Period Adult Life 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Robert H. Horwich
    • 1
  • Candida Wurman
    • 1
  1. 1.Institute of Micro-ontogenetic Ethology and Macro-cosmological Ecology, RD 1Gay MillsU.S.A.

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