New Experimental Observations of Infanticide and Cannibalism in Northern Tree Shrew Tupaia belangeri
Dong-Min Hou, Hong-bi Peng, Wan-Long Zhu* and Zheng-Kun Wang*
...Maternal infanticide and cannibalism, wherein mothers kill and consume their offspring, commonly occur in various animal taxa. The extent of its occurrence in Tupaia belangeri remains unclear given the difficulty of observing infanticidal and cannibalistic behaviors. Here, we report observations of maternal infanticide and cannibalism in two female T. belangeri in two laboratory experiments. Our footage provides the first vi...
