Inter-menstrual intervals in captive bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Vervaecke, Hilde; Van Elsacker, L; Mohle, U; Heistermann, M; Verheyen, RF

doi:10.1007/BF02557552

Inter-menstrual intervals in captive bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Author:

Vervaecke, Hilde

Van Elsacker, L ; Mohle, U ; Heistermann, M ; Verheyen, RF

Keywords:

inter-menstrual intervals, Pan paniscus, Pan troglodytes, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Zoology, FEMALE PYGMY CHIMPANZEES, TROGLODYTES, BEHAVIOR, WAMBA, ZAIRE, 0603 Evolutionary Biology, 0608 Zoology, Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology, 3103 Ecology, 3109 Zoology

Abstract:

In this study we provide new data on the duration of the inter-menstrual intervals of six captive female bonobos (Pan paniscus). We found that the mean duration of the inter-menstrual interval was about 34 days. This lies close to the average value of 37 days that has been reported for common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).