DEAR EDITOR,Infanticide by unrelated individuals is widely reported in the animal kingdom;however,little is known about cases perpetrated by a parent,particularly the mother.This article reports on three cases of moth...DEAR EDITOR,Infanticide by unrelated individuals is widely reported in the animal kingdom;however,little is known about cases perpetrated by a parent,particularly the mother.This article reports on three cases of mother-initiated infanticide in Qinling golden takins(Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi)from video and camera images.Based on previous reports in other animals,we propose that the infanticide events observed in golden takins were related to the parental manipulation mechanism-i.e.展开更多
基金This study was supported by the Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31730104)National Natural Science Foundation of China(31572278,31801981)+5 种基金Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB31020302)National Key Program of Research and Development,Ministry of Science and Technology(2016YFC0503200)Special Foundation of Shaanxi Academy of Sciences,China(2016K-20,2018K-16-04)One Institute One Brand Foundation of Shaanxi Academy of Sciences(2020k-01)Shaanxi Key Research and Development Program(2018PT-04)Innovation Capability Support Program of Shaanxi(2020KJXX-008)。
文摘DEAR EDITOR,Infanticide by unrelated individuals is widely reported in the animal kingdom;however,little is known about cases perpetrated by a parent,particularly the mother.This article reports on three cases of mother-initiated infanticide in Qinling golden takins(Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi)from video and camera images.Based on previous reports in other animals,we propose that the infanticide events observed in golden takins were related to the parental manipulation mechanism-i.e.
