Abstract
Abstract and SummaryInvalid care has already been recorded for a group of captive dwarf mongooses and incorporated huddling round the sick animal, grooming it and giving it preferential access to food. The behavioural responses of a wild group towards an injured group member were essentially the same as described above. In addition, the group members restricted their foraging both spatially and temporally until the injured animal could accompany them normally. Invalid care in this species may be related to the importance of the presence of a large number of adults in the group, groups with few adults having less success in raising their young than larger groups and being especially vulnerable to terrestrial predator attack.
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