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Infanticide in a group of wild saddle-back tamarins, Saguinus fuscicollis

✍ Scribed by Emérita R. Tirado Herrera; Christoph Knogge; Eckhard W. Heymann

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
54 KB
Volume
50
Category
Article
ISSN
0275-2565

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✦ Synopsis

An infanticide was observed in a group of wild saddle-back tamarins, Saguinus fuscicollis. The newborn singleton was killed by its mother after it had fallen from the carrier several times. This infanticide may represent a case of parental manipulation: the mother terminated investment in an offspring that probably had a low chance of survival. Also, stress associated with the simultaneous pregnancy of another adult female in the group may have played a role. Am.

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