When do monkeys mate

In addition to the potential role of smell, the researchers speculate that female mandrills may 'choose' their mates through selective fertilisation. This is where the female mates with a number of males but her body rejects sperm from males with a similar genetic makeup and 'picks' those with genes which complement the female's own. Lead author, Dr Jo Setchell from Durham University's Anthropology Department, said: "This is an important advance in our knowledge of how mate selection works in monkeys.

We now need to dig deeper and establish how they do this. I think smell is a strong candidate here. That would be a good way to advertise their presence to females, who could then use the smell signals to determine whether the male was a suitable mate.

We don't know anything about what's in mandrill scent-marks yet, but we're working on it. This might help to explain why female primates go out of their way to mate with as many males as possible.

The way monkeys select their mates all comes down to a group of genes called the major histocompatibility complex MHC. The other two failed because another female macaques interrupted to have her own shot with the deer. Lots of hybrids exist to prove that animals can be less discriminating when choosing sexual partners, especially when there are other closely-related species around.

Or even some thing —dogs are known to hump legs, sofas and furniture. Male chihuahuas are perfectly capable of impregnating large dogs like German Sheperds , given the opportunity i. But such dalliances generally get less common the less closely related a pair of animals are. A study on the sexual interactions of a chicken, and a pigeon, for example, notes how strange it is that animals from different orders would behave in such a way.

But at least they were both birds. Things can get a lot darker. Antarctic fur seals have picked up the habit of trying to mate with king penguins , an animal they would more often just kill and eat upon meeting. This study was undertaken to collect data on mating behavior and birth seasonality of Black-and-white Snub-nosed monkeys Rhinopithecus bieti using all occurrence sampling and Focal animal-scan sampling methods at Mt.

Lasha, between January and December, Our study focused on observing mating frequency and birth rates. He wants the females to be ready to mate with him. He knows by getting rid of the young that they will be more likely to do so. There is no set breeding season for Monkeys. As long as their basic needs are being met they will take part in it. When a group of Monkeys is struggling to find enough food or to find shelter though they will be stressed out.

As a natural mechanism that is build into their instincts the females will stop going into estrus. This is why it is so hard to get the population of many Monkeys species to increase. The age of maturity can vary among various Monkey species. Only a handful of them mate within the first couple of years of life.

Those are often the smallest of the species. Most of them range from 4 to 8 years of age.