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Juvenile Dominance in Eulemur macaco flavifrons: The Influence of Sex and Maternal Rank. |
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Résumé |
Dominance in juvenile cercopithecines is influenced by both maternal rank and sex [1]. Sub-adult female savanna baboons acquire their mother's rank through maternal intervention during agonistic encounters [2, 3], but sex supercedes maternal rank, as all same-aged juvenile male savanna baboons outrank all juvenile females [4]. Given this pattern in cercopithecines, we might expect all same-aged juvenile females to dominate juvenile males in female-dominated prosimians, but previous studies of Lemur catta (the ringtailed lemur) found that weight and not sex or maternal rank determined juvenile dominance [5]. Juvenile sex did determine the proportion of agonism, as juvenile females initiated and received more aggression from other group females [5].________________________________________. |
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