Observations on the woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha) in northern Colombia (original) (raw)

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Woolly monkeys,Lagothrix lagothricha, were briefly studied in a cloud forest in Bolivar, Colombia during the dry season. Results suggest that this species is wholly arboreal, lives in multi-male heterosexual groups and does not defend territory. Woolly monkeys are folivorous and frugivorous. Social and auto-grooming are both reported. All age-sex classes except natal-coated infants and adult males indulge in play. Agonistic behaviour is very rare. There seem to be various consistent patterns of greeting behaviour and scent-marking of the environment was observed. Woolly monkeys tended to approach the observers rather than flee from them. They were observed in close proximity to_Cebus, Alouatta_, and_Ateles_ species.

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1. Michael Kavanagh
   Present address: School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, BN1 9QG, England
2. Lawrence Dresdale
   Present address: Department of Psychology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, U. S. A.

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1. University of Georgia, USA
   Michael Kavanagh & Lawrence Dresdale

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2. Lawrence Dresdale

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Kavanagh, M., Dresdale, L. Observations on the woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha) in northern Colombia.Primates 16, 285–294 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02381556

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• Received: 20 September 1974
• Accepted: 26 October 1974
• Issue date: September 1975
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02381556

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