A Field Study of the Behavior and Social Relations of Howling MonkeysJohns Hopkins Press, 1934 - 168 pages |
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... Body is covered with coarse , long , black , straight Hair . These Creatures keep together 20 or 30 in a Com- pany , and ramble over the Woods ; leaping from Tree to Tree . If they meet with a single Person they will threaten to devour ...
... Body is covered with coarse , long , black , straight Hair . These Creatures keep together 20 or 30 in a Com- pany , and ramble over the Woods ; leaping from Tree to Tree . If they meet with a single Person they will threaten to devour ...
Page 30
... body is taken as a fulcrum about which the tail rotates . The grasping portion of howlers ' tails roughly corre- sponds to the part of the tail which has a naked under skin . In an adult , this constitutes 20 cm . , or about one quarter ...
... body is taken as a fulcrum about which the tail rotates . The grasping portion of howlers ' tails roughly corre- sponds to the part of the tail which has a naked under skin . In an adult , this constitutes 20 cm . , or about one quarter ...
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... body . Observation 22 , Feb. 17 , 1932 , Group 7. A mother closely followed by a juvenile 3 came to a difficult crossing between two trees . She held the terminal twigs of the limb from which she was going , jumped and caught the ...
... body . Observation 22 , Feb. 17 , 1932 , Group 7. A mother closely followed by a juvenile 3 came to a difficult crossing between two trees . She held the terminal twigs of the limb from which she was going , jumped and caught the ...
Contents
R CARPENTER | 2 |
Review of literature on the natural history of howling monkeys | 12 |
Territoriality and nomadism 43 L | 43 |
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adult females adult males aequatorialis Alouattinae apparently approached Azara Barro Colorado Island become behave Berkeley capuchin monkeys capuchins census cent chimpanzee 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 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 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA vocal patterns vocalizations yards young animals young howlers