Skip to main content
Kent Academic Repository

Congruence of tail use behaviors between male and female mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata)

Wheeler, Brandon C, Ungar, Peter (2001) Congruence of tail use behaviors between male and female mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata). Folia Primatologica, 72 (5). pp. 292-297. ISSN 0015-5713. E-ISSN 1421-9980. (doi:1159/000049950) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:54731)

The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided.
Official URL:
http://dx.doi.org/1159/000049950

Abstract

Differences between males and females in locomotor and positional behaviors have been documented for several primate species [1, 2]. In Alouatta palliata for example, females climb and use smaller substrates more than males [3–5]. Such sex differences are usually related to body size. Indeed, interspecific studies have repeatedly demonstrated relationships between body size and locomotor and positional behaviors. It is easier, for example, for a large primate to suspend beneath a branch than to balance on top of it [6, 7]. This is particularly true for primates that feed near the periphery of the crown, where branches tend to be smaller.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 1159/000049950
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
Q Science > QL Zoology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation
Depositing User: Brandon Wheeler
Date Deposited: 30 Mar 2016 13:54 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:22 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/54731 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

  • Depositors only (login required):

Total unique views for this document in KAR since July 2020. For more details click on the image.