Mounting usually occurs in non-copulatory contexts. Often the mounted individual is held in a very close embrace , and often the mounter does not give pelvic thrusting movements. In the non-copulatory context, the mounter may be the higher or lower ranking animal of a given pair, and it may be male or female. Females may give thrusting movements in this context.
Copulation mounting is accompanied by thrusting movements of the pelvis and by intromission.
Copulations when the male squats behind the female with both hands on the ground, leaning back, or even with one hand lightly laid on her back, do not include mounting.