Daytime birth of a baby crested black macaque (Macaca nigra) in the wild.
In mammals, which give birth to more or less dependent offspring, parturition usually takes place during the animals' resting period and in a secure environment. We report here the first direct and documented observation of a daytime birth of a wild baby crested black macaque, Macaca nigra, in the Tangkoko Batuangus Nature Reserve, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. We further consider the parturition time as a female reproductive strategy in a broader evolutionary framework.
Department of Reproductive Biology, Deutches Primatenzentrum, DPZ, Göttingen, Germany.
Julie
J
Duboscq
Christof
C
Neumann
Dyah
D
Perwitasari-Farajallah
Antje
A
Engelhardt
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D007214:Indonesia; D008251:Macaca / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors