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A case of adoption of a howler monkey infant (Alouatta villosa) by a female spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)

Primates volume 23, pages 135–137 (1982)Cite this article

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Abstract

A case of adoption of a 1-month-old howler infant by an adult female spider monkey living in captivity and its development over a six-month period are reported. The female had adopted a spider monkey infant two years before the interspecific adoption reported here. The female displayed a strong maternal response toward the howler infant and also produced milk and fed the infant.

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  1. Estacion de Biologia, Tropical “Los Tuxtlas” Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Apartado Postal 94, San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México

    Alejandro Estrada

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Estrada, A. A case of adoption of a howler monkey infant (Alouatta villosa) by a female spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi). Primates 23, 135–137 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02381444

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Keywords

  • Animal Ecology
  • Spider Monkey
  • Howler Monkey
  • Maternal Response
  • Monkey Infant