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Article name Mother-Child Behavior of Mongolian Gazelle (Procapra gutturosa)
Authors Kirilyuk V.E. Candidate of Science (Biology), vkiriliuk@bk.ru
Zvychainaya 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.
Key words ungulates, Mongolian gazelle, behavior, activity, mother-child relationship.
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