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A case of unusually early postpartum resumption of estrous cycling in a young female chimpanzee in the wild

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A case of unusually early postpartum resumption of estrous cycling (<7 months) was recorded for a young, presumably primiparous female in the M group of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the Mahale Mountains National Park, western Tanzania. The female showed estrous cycling while lactating her infant, and mated with young and low-ranking males as well as with the alpha male.

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  1. Laboratory of Human Evolution Studies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, 606, Kyoto, Japan

    Hiroyuki Takasaki & Yukio Takahata

  2. Department of Anthropology, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113, Tokyo, Japan

    Mariko Hiraiwa-Hasegawa

  3. Psychological Laboratory, University of St. Andrews, Japan

    Richard W. Byrne

  4. Department of Human Ecology, University of the Ryukyus, Aza-Uehara, Nishihara-cho, Nakagami-gun, 903-01, Okinawa, Japan

    Takayoshi Kano

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Takasaki, H., Takahata, Y., Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, M. et al. A case of unusually early postpartum resumption of estrous cycling in a young female chimpanzee in the wild. Primates 27, 517–519 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02381896

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