A Friendlier "Kinda" Social System: Male Kinda Baboons Invest in Long-Term Social Bonds With Females.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Certain group-living mammals-including many primates-exhibit affiliative relationships between sexes that persist past copulation. Relationships between females and males in baboons (Papio sp.) are particularly well-characterized. These relationships tend to revolve around the female reproductive cycle and are generally female-initiated and female-maintained. Kinda baboons (P. kindae) appear to diverge phylogenetically and behaviorally from other baboons. Here, we assess how Kinda baboons differ socially by characterizing female-male relationships using 9 years of data on a population in Kasanka National Park, Zambia.

Methods

We used generalized linear mixed models to assess grooming rates and directionality for individuals and among female/male dyads, patterns of

SUBMITTER: Weyher AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12038402 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature