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Page 13
Azara describes them as melancholy , slothful , heavylooking animals which live
in families of from four to ten . " Each male , " writes Azara , p . 2 , " takes charge of
three or four females , and if the band consists of from eight to ten ( which is the ...
Azara describes them as melancholy , slothful , heavylooking animals which live
in families of from four to ten . " Each male , " writes Azara , p . 2 , " takes charge of
three or four females , and if the band consists of from eight to ten ( which is the ...
Page 52
In position 1 , i.e. the first animal to make the crossing , adult males were found
fifteen times out of twenty - four counts . At other times one or more males were in
the first three to five positions . Females carrying young and those without babies
...
In position 1 , i.e. the first animal to make the crossing , adult males were found
fifteen times out of twenty - four counts . At other times one or more males were in
the first three to five positions . Females carrying young and those without babies
...
Page 101
Four males of the clan hurried toward the single male and continued their
intermittent , roaring bellows . The complemental male hastily retreated into the
tree from which he had come . Observation 57 , Feb. 7 , 1933 , Group 1. A solitary
male ...
Four males of the clan hurried toward the single male and continued their
intermittent , roaring bellows . The complemental male hastily retreated into the
tree from which he had come . Observation 57 , Feb. 7 , 1933 , Group 1. A solitary
male ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Field Study of the Behavior and Social Relations of Howling Monkeys Comparative psychology monographs Comparative psychology monographs. v. 10, ser. no. 48 |
| Author | Clarence Ray Carpenter |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Kraus, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 22 aug. 2011 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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