However, this may not be the case, as most specimens so far collected have been either males or immature females.

One theory for why immature females tend to seek out infants is so they can prepare for their future roles as mothers.

Males mature first, and "transfer their spermatophores on the still immature females."

She found it to be an immature female.

If an immature female is within about ten days of maturing, the male will live with her for this time and then mate inside the leaf.

Male individuals have been seen to feed on immature females, although this may be by accident.

In addition, immature females already competed for opportunities to groom mothers of higher rank than their own.

The young male thereafter protects very young sexually immature females so that they are attracted to him and form a close relationship.

The paratype, also an immature female, is larger at 102 mm ML.

The small size of the tusks suggests one of the animals was that of an immature female.