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Olfactory communication in New World primates may be more developed than in most Old World monkeys and apes (Epple and Lorenz, 1967; Eisenberg, 1977). All the New World genera have glands in the sternal and/or gular region. The purpose of this paper is to describe throat-rubbing in wild red howler monkeys (Alouatta seniculus).
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Sekulic, R., Eisenberg, J.F. (1983). Throat-Rubbing in Red Howler Monkeys (Alouatta Seniculus). In: Müller-Schwarze, D., Silverstein, R.M. (eds) Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9652-0_29
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