Social Interactions of Orphans Observed in a Free-Ranging Troop of Japanese Monkeys
作者:
Toshikazu Hasegawa,
Mariko Hiraiwa,
期刊:
Folia Primatologica
(Karger Available online 1980)
卷期:
Volume 33,
issue 1-2
页码: 129-158
ISSN:0015-5713
年代: 1980
DOI:10.1159/000155930
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Macaca fuscata;Orphans;Alloparental behavior;Socialization;Social organization
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
During 4 years of observations of a troop of free-ranging Japanese monkeys, more than 40 ‘orphans’, young monkeys who lost their mothers, were found. Most infants who lost their mothers before the weaning period could not survive, while young animals over 1 year old could survive their mothers’ deaths. Adult males of the troop and immature close relatives were observed to become the caretaker of these orphans. With a few exceptions, adult females were indifferent to orphans. Grooming behavior, rank, solitariness of males, and maternal behavior of females are compared between orphans and non-or
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