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This report describes two live births in the red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) at Hato Masaguaral, Venezuela. Both births took place during the afternoon on a limb of a tree. An adult troop male was next to the females during delivery.
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Supported by the Environmental Science Program Grant to Dr. J. F.Eisenberg.
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Sekulic, R. Birth in free-ranging howler monkeysAlouatta seniculus . Primates 23, 580–582 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02373970
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