slapping branches with its hands and feet.

Mating and development

Mating

In captivity, female red-shanked doucs reach sexual maturity at four years old and males at four years and eight months. Mating occurs all year but has peaks between August-December. Mating is initiated by both sexes jutting their jaw forward, raising and lowering their eyebrows, shaking their head and squinting their eyes. Copulation occurs after the female crouches and presents her sex organ to the male. Single-mount and multiple-mount matings

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