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Quantitative data on the carrying of young captive monkeys (Callithrix jacchus) by other members of their family groups

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Quantitative data are reported on the relative extents to which young common marmosets were carried by other members of their families during the first four weeks of life. The paper also includes data on the composition of the Reading colony.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Reading, Building 3, Earley Gate, Whiteknights, RG6 2AL, Reading, England

    Hilary O. Box

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Box, H.O. Quantitative data on the carrying of young captive monkeys (Callithrix jacchus) by other members of their family groups. Primates 18, 475–484 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02383125

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