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Allonursing in captive belugas (Delphinapterus leucas).
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Leung, Elaine S. Vergara, Valeria Cofré Barrett-Lennard, Lance G. |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | This study describes allonursing (females nursing offspring that are not their own) in captive belugas (Delphinapterus leucas). In addition to the calf's mother, two females that were not pregnant or nursing at the time of the calf's birth spontaneously lactated and nursed the male calf intermittently throughout 34 months of his life at the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Center. These observations suggest that allonursing may also take place in their wild counterparts and add to existing evidence of alloparental care in this species. Alloparental care, the care of nonoffspring, has been observed in every major mammalian taxon; the protection of calves through alloparental care may be a strong evolutionary benefit. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1002/zoo.20295 |
| PubMed reference number | 20127963 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 29 |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://killerwhale.vanaqua.org/document.doc?id=117 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.20295 |
| Journal | Zoo biology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |