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This paper describes gender-related behaviors in a colony of stumptail macaques observed over a 3-year period. Information about dominance positions, proximity preferences, sexual behaviors, aggression, social and solitary play, and social grooming of male and female monkeys at different ages is included.
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The opportunity to carry out this research was generously offered by Organon International BV, Oss, The Netherlands.
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Nieuwenhuijsen, K., Slob, A.K. & Van Der Werff Ten Bosch, J.J. Gender-related behaviors in group-living stumptail macaques. Psychobiology 16, 357–371 (1988). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327333
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