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Six eye-witness and five inferred cases of infanticide in two troops of Presbytis entellus near Jodhpur, India, are presented. These observations are used to test the hypothesis thatinfant killing is a male reproductive strategy.
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Sommer, V., Mohnot, S.M. New observations on infanticides among hanuman langurs (Presbytis entellus) near Jodhpur (Rajasthan/India). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 16, 245–248 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00310987
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