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Parturition in a free-ranging Japanese monkey (Macaca fuscata)

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Parturition behavior of a multiparous female and her interactions with group members throughout the birth process were recorded for a free-ranging Japanese monkey (Macaca fuscata). The female showed evidence of 18 contractions during the 35 min prior to delivery, with a mean duration and a mean intercontraction interval of 30 sec and 96 sec, respectively. These values were similar to those in individually caged Japanese monkeys. Some adult females remained in proximity to the female who was giving birth during the prepartum phase, and her 2-year-old daughter watched the delivery of the infant. Even during the prepartum phase the female moved in order to keep up with the group which traveled from the feeding site to a sleeping site in the forest.

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  1. Department of Ethology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, 565, Osaka, Japan

    Masayuki Nakamichi, Shinji Imakawa, Yasuo Kojima & Ayuko Natsume

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Nakamichi, M., Imakawa, S., Kojima, Y. et al. Parturition in a free-ranging Japanese monkey (Macaca fuscata). Primates 33, 413–418 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02381203

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