Table 2, from:
Nunn, C.L. (1999). The number of males in primate groups: a comparative test of the socioecological model. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 46: 1-13.
| Species | |||||||
| Alouatta caraya | 365 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Alouatta palliata | 365 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0.7 | 7.5 | K. Glander, pers. comm. |
| Alouatta seniculus | 365 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.1 | 2.5 | C. Crockett and T. Pope, personal communications |
| Ateles belzebuth | 365 | 11.5 | 4 | ||||
| Ateles paniscus | 365 | 15.5 | 5 | 6 | 9.6 | ||
| Brachytele arachnoides | 153 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2.2 | 14.9 | K. Strier, pers. comm. |
| Callithrix jacchus | 365 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 2.4 | 0 | Digby and Ferrari 1994; L. Digby, pers. comm. |
| Cebus apella | 92 | 2.25 | 2 | 5 | 1.2 | 9.5 | Janson 1984 |
| Cebus capucinus | 212 | 4 | 5.5 | 15.8 | S. Perry and L. Rose, pers. comm. | ||
| Cebus olivaceous | 124 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Cercocebus albigena | 212 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1.9 | ||
| Cercocebus galeritus | 59 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| Cercopithecus aethiops | 92 | 4.25 | 3 | 33 | 92.9 | ||
| Cercopithecus ascanius | 182 | 9.5 | 1 | 3 | 4.1 | ||
| Cercopithecus campbelli | 62 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Cercopithecus mitis | 120 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1.5 | M. Cords, pers. comm. |
| Cercopithecus neglectus | 90 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Colobus badius | 244 | 9.5 | 3.5 | 5 | 6.1 | ||
| Colobus guereza | 365 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Erythrocebus patas | 62 | 12.5 | 3 | 2 | 20.3 | 47.7 | Harding and Olson 1986 |
| Gorilla gorilla | 365 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | D. Watts, pers. comm. |
| Lemur catta | 38 | 4 | 4.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | Pereira 1991; Sauther 1991 |
| Macaca fascicularis | 123 | 6.75 | 4 | 15 | 54 | 66.6 | van Noordwijk 1985 |
| Macaca fuscata | 46 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 97.4 | 56.5 | Okayasu 1992 |
| Macaca mulatta | 82 | 9 | 2.5 | 9 | 62 | 39.8 | Gordon 1981 |
| Macaca nemestrina | 365 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 47.1 | 41.7 | Oi 1996 |
| Macaca radiata | 92 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 25.5 | ||
| Macaca silenus | 365 | 7 | 1.75 | 18 | 14.6 | ||
| Macaca sinica | 66 | 9.5 | 5 | 14 | 96.7 | ||
| Macaca sylvanus | 76 | 10.5 | 9 | 14 | 95.3 | 35.9 | J. Kuester, pers. comm. |
| Macaca thibetana | 89 | 9.5 | 4.5 | ||||
| Miopithecus talapoin | 59 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 100 | ||
| Nasalis larvatus | 62 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yeager 1990 | ||
| Pan paniscus | 365 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 13.6 | ||
| Pan troglodytes | 365 | 35 | 10 | 14 | 76.1 | 7.8 | D. Watts, pers. comm. |
| Papio anubis | 365 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 30.8 | ||
| Papio cynocephalus | 365 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 13.2 | 22.6 | Hausfater 1975; Noe and Sluijter 1990; see also Altmann in press |
| Papio hamadryas | 365 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.1 | ||
| Papio ursinus | 365 | 14.5 | 7 | 9 | 16.7 | ||
| Presbytis entellus | 365 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5.7 | 4.2 | V. Sommer, pers. comm. (with C. Borries and A. Srivastava) |
| Presbytis pileatus | 120 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Presbytis senex | 153 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Procolobus verus | 89 | 2 | 1.25 | ||||
| Saguinus fuscicollis | 151 | 1 | 1.88 | 10 | 0 | 0 footnote 5 | |
| Saguinus mystax | 153 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Garber et al. 1993 | ||
| Saguinus oedipus | 122 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 footnote 5 | |
| Saimiri oerstedi | 59 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 29.6 | 11.9 | Boinski 1987b |
| Saimiri sciureus | 61 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 45.1 | ||
| Theropithecus gelada | 365 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1.4 |
1: Information taken from Mitani et al. (1996). Breeding season duration in days (birth seasons).
2: Duration of mating refers to number of days mating per ovulatory cycle. Information was taken from van Schaik et al. (in press). Blank cells indicate that no information was available.
3: Calculated following methods in Dunbar (1988, in press) as outlined in the Methods. Blank cells indicate no data was available for Test 2.
4: Blank cells indicate no information was available for Test 3; calculated as explained in the Methods.
5: Only one female in Mitani et al. (1996), so no overlap is possible (see Methods).
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