. The Ecology of arboreal folivores : a symposium held at the Conservation and Research Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, May 29-31, 1975 . Figure 7. Schematic summary of the relationship between a mother three-toed sloth and her young during the annual repro- ductive cycle. The young feeds on leaf which it can reach within a radius of its body length from the mother, until it is about 6 months old; the mother carries the infant at all times. After social weaning, the young remains on the portion of the mother's home range space which she used while carrying the young
. The Ecology of arboreal folivores : a symposium held at the Conservation and Research Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, May 29-31, 1975 . Figure 7. Schematic summary of the relationship between a mother three-toed sloth and her young during the annual repro- ductive cycle. The young feeds on leaf which it can reach within a radius of its body length from the mother, until it is about 6 months old; the mother carries the infant at all times. After social weaning, the young remains on the portion of the mother's home range space which she used while carrying the young about, but the mother goes to another part of the forest and remains there for 6 months while she is pregnant. Young sloths socially inherit both trees on the mother's home range space and tree species prefer- ences. This social system is the basis for minimizing competition among the three-toed sloths which live in an area, while maxi- mizing competition with other arboreal folivores. 352 G. Gene Montgomery
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