A case of adoption of a howler monkey infant (Alouatta villosa) by a female spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) |
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| Authors: | Alejandro Estrada |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Estacion de Biologia, Tropical “Los Tuxtlas” Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Apartado Postal 94, San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México |
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| Abstract: | A case of adoption of a 1-month-old howler infant by an adult female spider monkey living in captivity and its development over a six-month period are reported. The female had adopted a spider monkey infant two years before the interspecific adoption reported here. The female displayed a strong maternal response toward the howler infant and also produced milk and fed the infant. |
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