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Infanticide in a group of wild saddle-back tamarins, Saguinus fuscicollis

  1. Emérita R. Tirado Herrera1,2,
  2. Christoph Knogge1,
  3. Eckhard W. Heymann1,*

Article first published online: 12 JAN 2000

DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(200002)50:2<153::AID-AJP5>3.0.CO;2-#

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American Journal of Primatology

American Journal of Primatology

Volume 50, Issue 2, pages 153–157, February 2000

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Herrera, E. R. T., Knogge, C. and Heymann, E. W. (2000), Infanticide in a group of wild saddle-back tamarins, Saguinus fuscicollis. Am. J. Primatol., 50: 153–157. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(200002)50:2<153::AID-AJP5>3.0.CO;2-#

Author Information

  1. 1

    Abteilung Verhaltensforschung & Ökologie, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Göttingen, Germany

  2. 2

    Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, Iquitos, Peru

*Abteilung Verhaltensforschung & Ökologie, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Kellnerweg 4, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 12 JAN 2000
  2. Article first published online: 12 JAN 2000
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 30 MAY 1999
  4. Manuscript Received: 10 NOV 1998

Funded by

  • German Academic Exchance Service, DAAD. Grant Number: A/99/02924
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Grant Number: He 1870/9-1

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Keywords:

  • tamarins;
  • Saguinus fuscicollis;
  • infanticide;
  • polygyny

Abstract

An infanticide was observed in a group of wild saddle-back tamarins, Saguinus fuscicollis. The newborn singleton was killed by its mother after it had fallen from the carrier several times. This infanticide may represent a case of parental manipulation: the mother terminated investment in an offspring that probably had a low chance of survival. Also, stress associated with the simultaneous pregnancy of another adult female in the group may have played a role. Am. J. Primatol. 50:153–157, 2000. © 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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