Meanings
nounallocare (uncountable)
- uncountableCare given to an infant by an animal that is not the infant's parent.
Older offspring can either provide allocare for siblings, which is in the mother's interest, or try to find a breeding position in another group, which may be even more costly to them than helping their mother (e.g., saddle-back tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis, Goldizen et al. 1996).
2012, John C. Mitani, The Evolution of Primate Societies, page 334
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