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Genital Signalling and the Coexistence of Male Vervet Monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus)

In: Folia Primatologica
Author: S.P. Henzi1
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  • 1 University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
Online Publication Date:
14 Feb 1985
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To ascertain the social significance of male genital colouration two troops of vervets, one free-ranging and one caged, were observed. It was found that genital signals were associated with intermale agonism. It is suggested that this communicatory system regulates the behaviour of competitors and may thereby have facilitated the evolution of a multimale social system.

Title:
Genital Signalling and the Coexistence of Male Vervet Monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus)
Article Type:
Other
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1159/000156225
Language:
English
Pages:
129–147
Keywords:
Visual displays; Vervet; Cercopithecus aethiops; Genital signals; Coexistence
In:
Folia Primatologica
In:
Volume 45: Issue 3-4
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1421-9980
Print ISSN:
0015-5713
Subjects:
Zoology, Biology

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