Reproductive biology of the slender loris (Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-13

  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

Birth peak; Breeding seasonality; Gestation; Inter birth interval; Loris lydekkerianus; Mating system; Slender loris

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FEMALE; INDIA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INDIA; LORISIDAE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

LORIDAE; LORIS LYDEKKERIANUS; LORIS TARDIGRADUS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0347033364     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073424     Document Type: Review

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