Authors: V G Chalyan I G Pachuliya N V Meishvili Ya Yu Rozhkova
Publish Date: 2011/12/28
Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 200-204
Abstract
Results from three years of observations of a corralled group of hamadryas baboons at the Adler Primatology Center Tuapse reservation are presented Studies of the social function of grooming in baboons showed that grooming is not only an important means of maintaining the integrity and unity of the group but also played an important role in forming and maintaining a unique fourlevel organization in these animals In particular grooming frequency in pairs of individuals consisting of a “bachelor” and a female belonging to the harem of another male determined the prospects of forming new onemale units Grooming between adult males along with other types of amiable behavior supported the necessary level of mutual tolerance of males and contributed to the formation of new clans and bands
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