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At Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone, several instances of red colobus (Procolobus badius) adults handling white infants of black-and-white colobus monkeys (Colobus polykomos) were observed. These observations are described and their significance is discussed.
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Fimbel, C.C. Cross-species handling of colobine infants. Primates 33, 545–549 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02381154
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