Social behaviour of the slender loris (Loris tardigradus lydekkerianus)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 181-196

  Radhakrishna, Sindhu ^a,b,c   Singh, Mewa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Allogrooming; Intraspecific aggression; Migration; Sleeping groups; Slender loris; Social behaviour; Urine marking; Vocalisations

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSIMIAN; REVIEW; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; TIME;

AGGRESSION; AGING; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GROOMING; LORISIDAE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; LORIDAE; LORIS TARDIGRADUS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0036966561     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065426     Document Type: Review

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