The mother's participation in infant carrying in captive groups of Leontopithecus chrysomelas and Callithrix jacchus

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 146-153

  De Oliveira, Marcelina Souza ^a,c   Lopes, Fívia Araújo ^a   Alonso, Carmen ^b   Yamamoto, Maria Emília ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^c Institute of Anthropology UZI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Callithrix jacchus; Infant carrying Mother carrying; Infant dependence; Leontopithecus chrysomelas

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; HEXAPODA; LEONTOPITHECUS CHRYSOMELAS; LEONTOPITHECUS ROSALIA; MARMOSETS;

EID: 0033025363     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021687     Document Type: Review

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