A Field Study of the Behavior and Social Relations of Howling MonkeysAMS Press, 1985 - 168 pages |
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... insects , and wild bee honey . The opinion was current that the animals might descend to the ground to rob corn fields , but Azara did not observe this action . He gives a creditable account of the general appearance of an adult male ...
... insects , and wild bee honey . The opinion was current that the animals might descend to the ground to rob corn fields , but Azara did not observe this action . He gives a creditable account of the general appearance of an adult male ...
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... insects . In emergencies , the animals might eat bark . They are reported to be strictly arboreal , for Rengger saw neither the animals nor their footprints on the ground . These howlers were observed by Rengger to live in families ...
... insects . In emergencies , the animals might eat bark . They are reported to be strictly arboreal , for Rengger saw neither the animals nor their footprints on the ground . These howlers were observed by Rengger to live in families ...
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... insects , and apparently as a currying or grooming organ , and I have seen both adult males and females manipulating their genitalia with the tip of the tail . Dur- ing locomotion , this appendage functions as a grasping organ , and one ...
... insects , and apparently as a currying or grooming organ , and I have seen both adult males and females manipulating their genitalia with the tip of the tail . Dur- ing locomotion , this appendage functions as a grasping organ , and one ...
Contents
Review of literature on the natural history of howling monkeys | 12 |
Field procedures and reactions of howlers to an observer | 21 |
Territoriality and nomadism | 43 |
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adult females adult males aequatorialis Alouattinae apparently approached arboreal Azara Barro Colorado Island become behave brachiating capuchin monkeys capuchins Caraya census cent clan males close Coiba Island complemental males consorts coöperative coördination copulation Coto region defensive described eaten fallen young feeding feet females and young frequently fruit function Gatun Lake groups of howlers howler clans Howler females howler groups howler population howling monkeys individuals juvenile juvenile animals leaves limb located locomotion lodge tree months mother move observed occur ocelot oestrous female oestrous period palliata Panama Paraguay period of coverage period of intromission PLATE platyrrhine play play-fighting positions postures primary forest primary sexual activity primates Puerto Armuelles react reactions Rengger responses rhythmic tongue movements roars seconds sexual behavior Shannon situations social relations socionomic specific spider monkeys stimulation subgrouping tail tendency territorial range tion vocal patterns vocalizations yards young animals young howlers