Cross-genus adoption of a marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) by wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus): Case report

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 692-700

  Izar, Patrícia ^a   Verderane, Michele P ^a   Visalberghi, Elisabetta ^b   Ottoni, Eduardo B ^a   De Oliveira, Marino Gomes ^c   Shirley, Jeanne ^d   Fragaszy, Dorothy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^c Fundação BioBrasil   (Brazil)

^d University of Georgia ^*

^e University of Georgia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adoption; Callithrix; Cebus; Development; Maternal behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MATERNAL CARE; PRIMATE;

CALLITHRIX; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS LIBIDINOSUS; MARMOSETS;

EID: 33746050722     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20259     Document Type: Article

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