Analysis of Reproductive Data in a Breeding Colony of African Green Monkeys
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Journal of Medical Primatology
- Vol. 11 (2), 77-84
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000460038
Abstract
In a breeding colony of Cercopithecus aethiops aethiops and C. a. pygerythrus, containing 109 feral females which have lived in the colony for at least one year, 89% have given birth, and 92% have become pregnant. There were 221 pregnancies and 186 live births with multiple births and no evidence for a birth season. A net estimated reproductivity rate indicates 180 sexually mature females would produce over 100 offspring per year.Keywords
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