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A case of male infanticide in captive sika deer (Cervus nippon)

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00027014%3A_____%2F22%3AN0000072" target="_blank" >RIV/00027014:_____/22:N0000072 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Alternative codes found

    RIV/61988987:17310/22:A2302HPU

  • Result on the web

    <a href="https://vuzv.cz/_privat/22071.pdf" target="_blank" >https://vuzv.cz/_privat/22071.pdf</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10135" target="_blank" >10.1163/1568539X-bja10135</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    A case of male infanticide in captive sika deer (Cervus nippon)

  • Original language description

    Male infanticide has been reported in wide range of mammalian taxa however it remains very rare in even-toed ungulates where it was documented in two species only. Among six hypotheses explaining this phenomenon, the sexual selection hypothesis is supported by the largest evidence in mammals. Here, we report the first case of male infanticide in sika deer (Cervus nippon) which occurred at Ostrava Zoo. At the end of rutting season, new male had been joined with two pregnant females that successfully gave birth and reared offspring in his presence then. However, in the next season, the same male attacked and killed his own newborn female offspring. Since this male was separated from the herd for most of the time in the rut, we argue that he could be confused about paternity. Therefore, this case of infanticide might be driven by the same mechanism as that which is in line with the sexual selection hypothesis. In addition, based on our evidence we cannot reject the social pathology hypothesis as an alternative explanation.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    10614 - Behavioral sciences biology

Result continuities

  • Project

  • Continuities

    I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Others

  • Publication year

    2022

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    Behaviour

  • ISSN

    0005-7959

  • e-ISSN

  • Volume of the periodical

    159

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    5

  • Country of publishing house

    NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

  • Number of pages

    10

  • Pages from-to

    491-500

  • UT code for WoS article

    000784338600004

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database