Observations of mating, birthing and parental behaviour in three subspecies of slender Loris (Loris tardigradus and Loris lydekkerianus) in India and Sri Lanka

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 74, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 312-336

  Nekaris, K A I ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infant parking; Lorisidae; Lorisinae; Paternal care; Primates; Prosimians; Slender loris; Strepsirhini

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIRTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; INDIA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SRI LANKA;

ANIMALS; INDIA; LORISIDAE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PARTURITION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SRI LANKA;

LORIDAE; LORIS; LORIS TARDIGRADUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0242410889     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073317     Document Type: Conference Paper

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