Offspring Protection
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Offspring Protection by Male Mandrills, Mandrillus Sphinx
Most mammals are characterized by a lack of parental care by the male sex. This is particularly true in highly polygynous, sexually selected species and species in which fathers remain only weakly associated with their offspring. Here we report observations suggesting the existence of male parental care in the mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx, Primates: Cercopithecinae), one of the most sexually dim...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Evolutionary Psychology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1474-7049,1474-7049
DOI: 10.1177/1474704916662285