• DOI:10.1023/A:1005467411880
Corpus ID: 33341123

Infant Killing, Wounding and Predation in Eulemur and Lemur

@article{Jolly2004InfantKW,
  title={Infant Killing, Wounding and Predation in Eulemur and Lemur},
  author={A. Jolly and S. Caless and S. Cavigelli and L. Gould and M. E. Pereira and A. Pitts and R. Pride and H. Rabenandrasana and J. Walker and T. Zafison},
  journal={International Journal of Primatology},
  year={2004},
  volume={21},
  pages={21-40}
}

A. Jolly, S. Caless, +7 authors T. Zafison

Published 2004

Biology

International Journal of Primatology

Infant killing by primates is highly controversial. Sexual selection of infanticidal males has been disputed, especially for seasonally breeding species, in which death of an infant does not advance conception of the next infant. We report attacks, infants found wounded, and predation in seasonally breeding Eulemur and Lemur at Berenty, Beza Mahafaly and Duke University Primate Center, and review cases seen elsewhere. Observed attacks leading to wounds or death conservatively total twelve by… CONTINUE READING

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