Carrying of dead infants by Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) mothers

Anthropological Science

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-119

  Sugiyama, Yukimaru ^a   Kurita, Hiroyuki ^b   Matsui, Takeshi ^c   Kimoto, Satoshi ^c   Shimomura, Tadatoshi ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Oita City Municipal Office   (Japan)

^c Takasakiyama Natural Zoo   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dead infant carrying; Macaca fuscata; Maternal persistence to infant body; Stillbirth; Understanding of death

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949277040     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.080919     Document Type: Article

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