• DOI:10.1023/B:IJOP.0000023574.38219.92
Corpus ID: 9354530

New Cases of Intergroup Violence Among Chimpanzees in Gombe National Park, Tanzania

@article{Wilson2004NewCO,
  title={New Cases of Intergroup Violence Among Chimpanzees in Gombe National Park, Tanzania},
  author={M. Wilson and W. Wallauer and A. Pusey},
  journal={International Journal of Primatology},
  year={2004},
  volume={25},
  pages={523-549}
}

• M. Wilson, W. Wallauer, A. Pusey
• Published 2004
• Geography
• International Journal of Primatology

Despite considerable attention to chimpanzee intergroup violence, the number of observed cases remains small. We report 4 cases of intergroup violence that occurred in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, between 1993 and 2002. We observed (3 cases) or inferred (1 case) males from the Kasekela community to attack members of their 2 neighboring communities: Mitumba and Kalande. In 1993, Kasekela males killed and ate a female infant from Mitumba. In 1998, Kasekela males captured 2 infants (sex unknown… Expand