Mating System of Free-Ranging Dogs (Canis familiaris)

Table 3

Number of courting association, number of males present in each association, mean (±S.E.) duration of association, mean (±S.E.) number of mounting in each courting association, mean (±S.E.) number of mounting per hour, and number of successful copulations.

No. of males present in each courting association	No. of courting associations	Total no. of preferred males present in the courting associations		Mean (±S.E.) duration in each courting association (min)	Mean (±S.E.) no. of mounting in each courting association (min)	Frequency of mounting per hour for an individual (min)		No of successful copulations in the courting associations
		YA	OA			YA	OA
1	42	40	2	45.69 ± 2.41	10.10 ± 1.26	11.68 ± 0.22	27.70 ± 0.09	23 (39%)
2	31	31	1	59.68 ± 3.61	11.61 ± 1.58	10.64 ± 0.54	23.11 ± 0.00	14 (23%)
3	22	22	2	87.45 ± 1.16	12.91 ± 1.74	6.77 ± 0.41	21.99 ± 0.52	9 (15%)
4	14	15	2	102.00 ± 1.52	14.43 ± 2.04	5.80 ± 0.54	16.26 ± 0.37	6 (10%)
5	9	11	1	107.22 ± 1.98	14.11 ± 1.94	5.27 ± 0.65	13.27 ± 0.00	3 (5%)
6	6	7	1	115.33 ± 1.82	15.00 ± 1.91	5.22 ± 1.14	10.17 ± 0.00	2 (3%)
7	4	6	2	119.50 ± 2.02	17.75 ± 2.14	3.06 ± 0.53	9.52 ± 1.52	2 (3%)
8	3	3	3	123.67 ± 6.23	18.00 ± 1.53	3.82 ± 0.88	6.45 ± 1.14	1 (2%)
9	3	4	1	130.33 ± 3.76	20.00 ± 1.00	5.76 ± 1.20	4.62 ± 0.00	0 (0%)
10	2	2	1	133.50 ± 4.50	21.00 ± 1.00	7.70 ± 1.61	3.48 ± 0.00	0 (0%)
Mean (±S.E.)				75.63 ± 2.67	12.60 ± 0.68	8.48 ± 0.3	14.06 ± 2.09