Scientists examined the behaviour of 15 groups of two types of tamarin monkeys in the Brazilian Amazon.
Red-handed tamarins adopt the long calls used by pied tamarins when they enter their territory, according to the study.
Red-handed tamarins, which are found throughout the north-eastern Amazon region, have greater vocal flexibility and use calls more often than pied tamarins.
Red-handed tamarins adopt the long calls used by pied tamarins when they enter their territory, possibly to avoid conflict, a study suggests (Viviane Costa/PA)
Pied tamarins are critically endangered and have one of the smallest ranges of any primate in the world, much of it around the city of Manaus.
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