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Mother-Child Behavior of Mongolian Gazelle (Procapra gutturosa) |
| Authors |
Kirilyuk V.E. Candidate of Science (Biology), vkiriliuk@bk.ruZvychainaya E.Y. Candidate of Science (Biology), research assistant, cernus@yandex.ru |
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| Section |
Scientific Research |
| UDK |
УДК 599 |
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| Annotation |
Maternal and infant behavior and activity of Mongolian gazelle (Procapra gutturosa)
in various in number groupings have been discussed in the article. Females seclude
themselves for 1–3 days before confinement, and for another two-three weeks live
isolated from the rest of the herd protecting and feeding the baby gazelle. Decrease of
gregariousness caused by these factors is of higher amplitude and shorter duration in large
groupings, and of lower amplitude but longer duration in small groupings. Isolation period
for young lasts for 2–3 days, then fast socialization of a young begins. From the age of
7–8 days the young have a rest nearby the females and other members of the group, and
in large groups they move together with the herd over long distances. From the age of
4 months and half, and sometimes at the age of a year, they stop to follow the females,
opposite sexes display signs of social differentiation.
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| Key words |
ungulates, Mongolian gazelle, behavior, activity, mother-child
relationship. |
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