Abstract
Dominant individuals groom subordinates in the mantled howler monkey. This relationship is previously unreported for the species and is a characteristic that howler monkeys share with many birds and mammals.
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Jones, C.B. Grooming in the mantled howler monkey,Alouatta palliata Gray . Primates 20, 289–292 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02373380
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