Folia Primatologica
Volume 34, Issue 3-4, 1980, Pages 259-277

Intergroup infant kidnapping in hanuman langur (Article)

Mohnot S.M.*
  • a Lehrstuhl für Anthropologie, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Abstract

The Hanuman langur, Presbytis entellus (Primates, Cercopithecidae, Colobinae), is under investigation in its wild state around Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, since 1967. Jodhpur constitutes its extreme western range of distribution beyond which lies the Great Indian Desert. Infant transfer, infant killing [see Mohnot, 1971a, b], and intergroup infant kidnappings were frequently observed in this habitat. Details pertaining to intergroup infant kidnapping by allomothers of neighboring groups are presented here. © 1980 S. Karger AG, Basel.

Author Keywords

Hanuman langur Infant kidnapping allomothering Presbytis entellus

Index Keywords

male comparative study female Maternal Behavior Vocalization, Animal India animal homing behavior Article Cercopithecidae vocalization Agonistic Behavior Aggression animal behavior
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DOI: 10.1159/000155958
ISSN: 00155713
Cited by: 15
Original Language: English