Reproductive failure, possible maternal infanticide, and cannibalism in wild moustached tamarins, Saguinus mystax

Maternal infanticide in wild non-human primates has only been reported twice. In this paper, we report a possible new case of infanticide and cannibalism within a series of four successive reproductive failures in wild moustached tamarins, Saguinus mystax. Necropsy and genetic analyses of the corpse...

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Main Authors: Culot, Laurence, Lledo-Ferrer, Yvan, Hoelscher, Oda, Muñoz Lazo, Fernando J. J., Huynen, Marie-Claude, Heymann, Eckhard W.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer Japan 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3068257/