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Non-seasonal breeding pattterns in stumptail macaques (Macaca arctoides)

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This paper summarizes published reports of breeding patterns across the genusMacaca. Patterns range from strictly seasonal to non-seasonal. Data on sexual behavior and birth patterns are presented which confirm previous reports of non-seasonality forMacaca arctoides. In a captive colony, 63 births were recorded, and individuals were born during every month of the year. Heterosexual mounting activity was recorded over a two-year period and occurred during every month of that period. It is clear thatM. arctoides does not exhibit the seasonal cyclicity observed in some other macaque species.

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Smith, E.O. Non-seasonal breeding pattterns in stumptail macaques (Macaca arctoides). Primates 25, 117–122 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02382302

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