Non-seasonal breeding pattterns in stumptail macaques (Macaca arctoides) |
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Authors: | Euclid O Smith |
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Institution: | (1) Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, Field Station, Emory University, 2409 Collins Hill Road, 30245 Lawrenceville, Georgia, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | 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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