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NON-AGGRESSIVE TACTILE INTERACTIONS OF Hippopotamus amphibias LINN. WITH Syncerus caffer (SPARRMAN) Some mammals, usually single displaced members of social groups, are known to associate with groups of other species. Aldrich-Blake (1968) describes the association between a blue monkey, Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni Matchie, and a troup of redtail monkeys, C. ascanius schmidti Matchie, resulting in the production of a fertile hybrid. He quotes instances (see Haddow, 1952) of mixed parties of different species of forest monkeys, and more permanent associations, such as that recorded by Jay (1965), of a rhesus monkey, Macaco, mulatto Zimmerman, with langurs, Presbytis entellus Dufresne. And Rowell reported a male vervet, C. aethiops Linn., living and mating with olive baboons, Papio anubis Lesson. There are also records of temporary associations between baboon and bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus (Pallas), similar to that known between baboon and impala, Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein) (Kenya National Parks Report 1957, cited by Gullen, 1969). The baboons rode on the backs of the impala and searched in their ears, perhaps for ticks. Other examples exist amongst primates, but non-aggressive physical contacts between different species of wild non-primate mammals seem to be rare. This note records an occurrence in the hope of encouraging similar
Mammalia - International Journal of the Systematics, Biology and Ecology of Mammals – de Gruyter
Published: Jan 1, 1976
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