Social structure of the solitary slow loris Nycticebus coucang (Lorisidae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-46

  Wiens, Frank ^a   Zitzmann, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Dispersal; Evolution; Monogamy; Nycticebus coucang; Prosimians; Testis volume

Indexed keywords

INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MONOGAMY; PRIMATE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; LORIDAE; LORIS; MAMMALIA; NYCTICEBUS COUCANG; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0141569101     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903003947     Document Type: Article

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