Abstract
Adulterous breeding between a female howling monkey (Alouatta pigra) of one troop with a male of an adjacent troop occurred despite territorial defense between the two troops. The specific behaviors are described as well as a synopsis of daily events which occurred between the female and two males from adjacent troops. A discussion of how this interaction and the behavior patterns relate to what is known about breeding in howler monkeys and related species follows.
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Horwich, R.H. Breeding behaviors in the black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) of belize. Primates 24, 222–230 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02381084
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