title: Gender and environment as determinants of behavior in infant common baboons (Papio cynocephalus).
abstract: Two groups of infant baboons were observed. The breast-fed group was housed in a gang cage with nursing mothers (n = 13) and the other motherless group was in a wire-cage nursery habitat (n = 20). Differences in behavior due to gender and environment were tested by analysis of variance. The results do not support the hypothesis that innate sex differences exist in baboons aged 0-3 months. Nursery-reared subjects had significantly higher scores for rough-and-tumble play, stereotypy, threat, avoid, explore, high tension, and nonaggressive social behaviors, but these behaviors are not significantly different between sexes in either groups.
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D005260:Female; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008426:Maternal Deprivation; D009043:Motor Activity; D010215:Papio; D010379:Peer Group; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012737:Sex Factors; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D012919:Social Behavior; D012931:Social Environment; D013045:Species Specificity; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior; D014828:Vocalization, Animal