Infanticide by males and its implications: The behavioral ecology of infanticide by males

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Selected polyandry: female choice and inter-sexual conflict in a small nocturnal solitary primate (Microcebus murinus) (2004, background): “As in most mammals, paternal care does not occur in gray mouse lemurs and infanticide is only beneficial to males when it increases the probability of future fertilizations (van Schaik and Janson 2000).”
More than friends? Behavioural and genetic aspects of heterosexual associations in wild chacma baboons (2010, background): “Infanticide is relatively common in primates, where males kill unrelated infants due to the long periods of female lactational amenorrhea that would otherwise limit their reproductive success (van Schaik and Janson 2000).”
Female–female competition for male ‘friends’ in wild chacma baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus) (2001, background): “In particular, males may protect offspring against infanticide (Palombit 2000), a major cause of infant mortality in many mammalian species (Hausfater & Hrdy 1984; van Schaik & Janson 2000).”