American Journal of Primatology
Volume 13, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 61-65

Fatal intragroup kidnapping in yellow baboons (Article)

Shopland J.M. , Altmann J.*
  • a Department of Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
  • b Department of Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States, Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois, United States, Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Abstract

The fatal kidnapping of a 5‐day‐old baboon (Papio cynocephalus) in Amboseli National Park, Kenya, is described. Although pulling and rough handling of primate infants by nonmothers are frequently observed, records of fatal intragroup kidnappings are rare. In the instance described here, the mother, a healthy, primiparous female, did not retrieve the infant from the kidnapper, a higher‐ranking juvenile female of the same group, until he died 3 days later, presumably from starvation or dehydration. This incident is compared with other fatal intragroup kidnappings in nonhuman primates and related to adaptive interpretations. Copyright © 1987 Wiley‐Liss, Inc., A Wiley Company

Author Keywords

Papio cynocephalus allomothering Infanticide

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DOI: 10.1002/ajp.1350130108
ISSN: 02752565
Cited by: 26
Original Language: English