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Page 53
These data characterize the form and order of howler group progression . They
show the tendency for the males as a group but not specific individuals to control
or lead the clans of animals . E. THE PREFERENCE OF HOWLERS FOR ...
These data characterize the form and order of howler group progression . They
show the tendency for the males as a group but not specific individuals to control
or lead the clans of animals . E. THE PREFERENCE OF HOWLERS FOR ...
Page 123
I have found the skeletal remains of only two howlers during the relatively long
periods that I tramped the forests of ... Pumas are rarely seen by man , but the two
which I have seen were not behaving with reference to howler clans in any way .
I have found the skeletal remains of only two howlers during the relatively long
periods that I tramped the forests of ... Pumas are rarely seen by man , but the two
which I have seen were not behaving with reference to howler clans in any way .
Page 124
A band of capuchins came into the same adjacent trees with a group of howlers .
For twenty minutes the animals of these two species fed and played on the same
trees , but so far as I could observe , they never reacted with reference to each ...
A band of capuchins came into the same adjacent trees with a group of howlers .
For twenty minutes the animals of these two species fed and played on the same
trees , but so far as I could observe , they never reacted with reference to each ...
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Contents
Review of literature on the natural history of howling monkeys | 12 |
Territoriality and nomadism | 43 |
Organization of a howler population | 55 |
Copyright | |
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