Mating System of Free-Ranging Dogs (Canis familiaris)

Table 2

Number of courting association, mean (±S.E.) duration of each courting association, no. of courting males, no. of males willing to mount, number of preferred males, number of mounting attempts, and number of successful copulations by the preferred males.

Female code	No. of courting association	Total no. of courting males		No. of willing males		Mean (±S.E.) no. of courting males in each association	Males preferred by the oestrous females		No. of mounts		No. of successful copulations by preferred males
		YA	OA	YA	OA		YA	OA	YA	OA	YA	OA
SF1	12	24	5	21	4	2.08 ± 0.38	11	1	127	26	3	1
SF2	11	26	7	25	5	2.73 ± 0.52	10	1	123	41	5	0
SF3	9	24	9	22	4	2.89 ± 0.54	9	1	110	46	5	0
SF4	11	17	9	16	5	1.91 ± 0.25	10	1	73	30	3	0
HF1	11	37	9	35	8	3.91 ± 0.86	11	0	130	0	5	0
HF2	9	14	2	14	2	1.78 ± 0.32	14	2	69	21	5	0
MF1	11	26	8	24	6	2.73 ± 0.63	10	1	108	16	3	0
MF2	9	11	4	10	2	1.33 ± 0.33	10	2	43	35	4	1
LF1	12	45	13	42	7	4.08 ± 0.83	11	1	155	34	4	0
LF2	13	45	15	43	11	4.05 ± 0.93	13	3	78	91	3	1
LF3	8	31	8	29	6	4.38 ± 0.60	9	2	64	28	5	0
BF1	6	19	7	18	3	3.50 ± 0.96	6	0	63	0	4	0
BF2	9	27	14	25	8	3.67 ± 0.62	12	1	125	25	5	0
BF3	5	10	1	10	1	2.20 ± 0.20	5	0	53	0	3	0
Total	136	356	111	334	72	2.99 ± 0.19	141	16	1321	393	57	3

YA: Young Adult Male, OA: Old Adult Male.