Rhine R J
Folia Primatol (Basel). 1975;23(1-2):72-104. doi: 10.1159/000155662.
The spatial organization of progressing baboons is thought to serve a protective function considered important in their adaptation to a terrestrial existence. Progression positions of identified black infants, adult males, and other yellow baboons were determined from repeated samples of troop movements. Spatial positioning by demographic class was similar to that previously found for three troops of anubis baboons living in two different habitats. Such consistency across species and habitats seems unlikely unless it arises from a common genetic background or common ontogenetic stabilizing mechanism.
行进中的狒狒的空间组织被认为具有一种保护功能，这种功能在它们适应陆地生存的过程中被认为是很重要的。通过对群体移动的重复采样，确定了已识别的黑色幼崽、成年雄性以及其他黄色狒狒的行进位置。按种群类别划分的空间定位与之前在生活于两种不同栖息地的三群东非狒狒中发现的情况相似。除非这种一致性源于共同的遗传背景或共同的个体发育稳定机制，否则跨物种和栖息地的这种一致性似乎不太可能出现。
