Structural Diversity and Mother-Infant Relations among Rhesus Monkeys in India and Nepal

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Abstract
Mother-infant spatial relations were examined within three populations of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) occupying habitats fundamentally different in their physical structure. The development of infant independence was found to be remarkably similar across habitats, and the few observed differences can be related to differences in the risk of infant mortality at each site. Significant differences were found in the structural environments to which infant rhesus were exposed, but these differences do not correlate with the observed developmental differences. We conclude that the environmental structure as observed in this field study exerts little influence upon early infant development.

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