Allogrooming gallery

Mutual grooming across species — illustrated in natural history register

Three lionesses engaged in mutual allogrooming — one licks the head of a second while a third nuzzles in. Rendered in aged sepia natural history illustration style.
Lionesses (Panthera leo) — mutual grooming reinforces pride cohesion
Two horses — one chestnut, one dapple grey — engaged in mutual neck-grooming, facing opposite directions. Natural history illustration style.
Equines (Equus caballus) — neck and withers grooming between paired horses
Two rhesus macaques seated on a tree branch. One parts the fur of the other's back with careful hands, performing parasite-removal grooming. Natural history illustration.
Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) — manual allogrooming for ectoparasite removal
Four puppies huddled together; one licks the head of another in an allogrooming gesture. Sepia natural history illustration with botanical border.
Domestic dog pups (Canis lupus familiaris) — social licking among littermates