Extragroup copulation among wild red howler monkeys in Venezuela

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 147-151

  Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy ^a,b   Hsu, Minna J ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SM Govindasamy Nayakkar Mem F   (India)

Author keywords

Alouatta seniculus; Copulation; Female choice; Incest avoidance; Red howler monkey; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA SENICULUS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034116741     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021743     Document Type: Article

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