DOCSLIB.ORG

Monkey Matters Magazine

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Monkey Matters Magazine M O N K E Y M A T T E R S V O L U M E 8 N U M B E R 3 , T H E W E B V E R S I O N primate care primate health primate news June / July / August 2002 Vol. 8 Number 3 P u b l i c a t i o n o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l P r i m a t e A s s o c i a t i o n Centerfold: Two New Titi Monkeys A Monkey’s Mini- Rainforest page 19 New Kidz! pages 6,10, 16 Macaque Factoids page 27 for people who care about primates... 1 M O N K E Y M A T T E R S V O L U M E 8 N U M B E R 3 , T H E W E B V E R S I O N We support responsible monkey ownership and the right to be fairly regulated in every state! Our Copyright / Terms Of Use This magazine is owned and operated by Monkey Matters Magazine Except as expressly licensed by Monkey Matters Magazine, no material from Monkey Matters Magazine may be repub- lished, uploaded, posted in any way, except that you may download a copy of the ma- terials on any single computer for your individual, noncommercial use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Modification of the materi- als or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of Monkey Mat- ters Magazine copyright and other pro- prietary rights. Maybe you have read or heard or have been told For purposes of these terms and condi- that Monkey Matters recommends a person, their or- tions of use, the use of any such material on ganization or their sanctuary. This is not true. We sup- any other Web site is prohibited. All trade- port the rights of responsible monkey ownership and marks, service marks, and trade names (col- the right to be fairly regulated in every state but as a lectively, the “Marks”) are proprietary to Mon- matter of policy (because we cannot be there to over- key Matters Magazine, or other respective see the dealings of others). Monkey Matters is not affiliated with, nor do we endorse, any other primate owners which have granted Monkey Matters organizations, businesses or sanctuaries. Magazine the right and license to use such Marks. If you would like to see your monkey's face on our new website, and have not yet sent in a photo, do it now! Short biographies or stories (optional) can be sent in along with your photos!! http://www.monkeymatters.com Please send your original stories, letters, E-Mail submissions: photos and videos to: Send a floppy or attach your Monkey Matters file and send to: PO Box 85152 - MB181 [email protected] San Diego CA 92186 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Editors Contributing Editors Staff Photographers Board of Advisors Scott R. King Diane Sage Patricia Blancaneau Marcia Gaunt Rick Storrs, PhD Janein Dunn Christine Ryan Bill Walker, Esq. Buck Farmer, Esq. Horacio Rilo, M.D. Monkey Matters is a publication of the International Primate Association and is published by ILM Graphics & Publishing Co. Monkey Matters and the International Primate Association are not affiliated with any other primate organizations or businesses, including brokerages or sanctuaries. Articles, photos, drawings and advertisements do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Monkey Matters as a whole and publication does not indicate endorsement. All information and artwork is copyrighted unless copy rights revert to authors. Written, photo, art and video material may not be reproduced in whole or part without express permission from Monkey Matters magazine. Articles, photos and letters are welcome. 2 M O N K E Y M A T T E R S V O L U M E 8 N U M B E R 3 , T H E W E B V E R S I O N "Sam" The squirrel monkey. See Monkeys In Action, Your Photos, page 22 In This Issue..... Copyright / Terms Of Use.............................................2 Contents.......................................................................3 Monkey Mailbox--Letters To The Editor........................4,5,6 Belated Birthday Monkey..............................................5 Centerfold: Two New New Kidz!.........................................................6, 10, 15, 16 Titis”!....Page 29 Understanding Nutrition: Summer Fruits......................7 Your Monkey’s Amygdala............................................11 Farewell Sofie.............................................................14 The Beautiful Cat Ba Langur.......................................16 Useful Products: Colloidal Silver..................................17 VIP’s: Very Important Primates....................................17 Ask Our Veterinarians.................................................18 Body Language 101....................................................19 Monkey See, Monkey Do.............................................21 Body Language 101 A Monkey’s Mini-Rainforest.........................................23 . Page 19 How Many Communication Displays?..........................24 Enrichment!.................................................................25 Macaque Factoids........................................................27 Our Anthropomorphic Best..........................................28 New Titi Monkeys........................................................29 Focus On: Two New Species.......................................30 Monkeys In Action--Your Photos..................................32 Nutrition: Monkey Chow................................................33 Nutrition:Monkey Parting Shots, Your Photos..........................................35 Mandatory Information, A Letter To New Readers........35 Chow . Page 33 Primate Placement Service...........................................36 Monkey Matters Complete Guide To Care & Behavior..37 3 M O N K E Y M A T T E R S V O L U M E 8 N U M B E R 3 , T H E W E B V E R S I O N Dear Monkey Matters, I had subscribed to Monkey Matters and received my first copy. Soon after you put Monkey Matters on line. I love having it on line, but, I can’t print it. I managed to print one issue, but couldn’t print 7 or 8. What has changed or what am I doing wrong. I like to keep my Monkey Matters Magazine in a binder for ref- erence. We have a black and white capuchin, age 1 1/2 years old. Thanks, Louise H Dear Louise, When printing from Acrobat, do not use the browser print command. Instead, click on the printer icon in the Acrobat toolbar. This should solve the problem. Editor Dear Monkey Matters, Do you know where to get a woolly monkey? Or do you know any breeders of woolly monkeys?? Thanks, Anonymous (Editor’s note: No, I’m sorry. We don’t. Woolly monkeys are endangered, so although many people are interested in them, that is part of the reason they are not available.) Dear Monkey Matters, I have enjoyed your magazine in the last few months...however this last issue I have attempted to download and print...I have never had a problem with the others but for some reason It doesn’t take minutes to download it takes apparently hours...I have been sitting here waiting and waiting...is there any reason why this issue is taking so long...It used to take just 30 min to download and print...any suggestions would help...thanks...Lisa Dear Lisa, All the issues are about the same size and should take about the same time to download. It Cover monkey “Jonny” is a juvenile capuchin who was hand- raised from an infant. Capuchins are highly intelligent primates with semi-prehensile tails and excellent manual dexterity. Mon- key mom Joie says that Jonny is very protective of her. He plays well with several Java macaque monkey pals, old male “Sonny” and two females, “Java” and “Sheena”. (Photo from Joie). 4 M O N K E Y M A T T E R S V O L U M E 8 N U M B E R 3 , T H E W E B V E R S I O N (Monkey Mailbox, continued) may be that your server was busy and your connection was slower than usual. We at Monkey Matters have a cable internet connection. It takes less than one minute to download the magazine. You might want to look in to getting a faster connection (for visiting Monkey Mat- ters and enjoying all your other favorite sites as well). Editor Hello, My name is Carol and I am very interested in sharing our home with another monkey. At this time we have a 6 year old male Java named Roady. He is a sweet boy but would love I am sure a companion. We have had Roady for a little over a year and he has a home here forever. We have also had experience with a female rhesus that we had for 10 months and 2 caps we raised for Helping Hands. Felix was with us from the time he turned 8 months old till (Continued) Belated Birthday Monkey Monkey mom Judy says pretty cinnamon capuchin “Heidi” (mak- ing the capuchin open-mouthed threat face at the photographer), turned 7 years old in April. Happy Birthday Heidi! 5 M O N K E Y M A T T E R S V O L U M E 8 N U M B E R 3 , T H E W E B V E R S I O N (Monkey Mailbox, continued) he was 10. Donnie came to us at 4 years old and we had him until he was 12. They both went back to Helping Hands for training. We also have 2 very good vets. As a young girl my family had a squirrel monkey. She was there before I was born and died when I was in my late teens. Roady has an 8 by 10 by 4 play cage. There is a second cage the same size hooked to it with a connecting door. He uses both sides right now but if we were to get a second monk the door can be closed so they can groom threw the wire but can get away from each other if they need their own space.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Rhesus Macaque Sequencing
    White Paper for Complete Sequencing of the Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) Genome Jeffrey Rogers1, Michael Katze 2, Roger Bumgarner2, Richard A. Gibbs 3 and George M. Weinstock3 I. Introduction Humans are members of the Order Primates and our closest evolutionary relatives are other primate species. This makes primate models of human disease particularly important, as the underlying physiology and metabolism, as well as genomic structure, are more similar to humans than are other mammals. Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are the animals most similar to humans in overall DNA sequence, with interspecies sequence differences of approximately 1- 1.5% (Stewart and Disotell 1998, Page and Goodman 2001). The other apes, including gorillas and orangutans are nearly as similar to humans. The animals next most closely related to humans are Old World monkeys, superfamily Cercopithecoidea. This group includes the common laboratory species of rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), baboon (Papio hamadryas), pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) and African green monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops). The human evolutionary lineage separated from the ancestors of chimpanzees about 6-7 million years ago (MYA), while the human/ape lineage diverged from Old World monkeys about 25 MYA (Stewart and Disotell 1998), and from another important primate group, the New World monkeys, more than 35-40 MYA. In comparison, humans diverged from mice and other non- primate mammals about 65-85 MYA (Kumar and Hedges 1998, Eizirik et al 2001). In the evaluation of primate candidates for genome sequencing there should be more to selection of an organism than evolutionary considerations. The chimpanzee’s status as Closest Relative To Human has earned it an exemption from this consideration.
    [Show full text]
  • Fascinating Primates 3/4/13 8:09 AM Ancient Egyptians Used Traits of an Ibis Or a Hamadryas Used Traits Egyptians Ancient ) to Represent Their God Thoth
    © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher. Fascinating Primates Fascinating The Beginning of an Adventure Ever since the time of the fi rst civilizations, nonhuman primates and people have oc- cupied overlapping habitats, and it is easy to imagine how important these fi rst contacts were for our ancestors’ philosophical refl ections. Long ago, adopting a quasi- scientifi c view, some people accordingly regarded pri- mates as transformed humans. Others, by contrast, respected them as distinct be- ings, seen either as bearers of sacred properties or, conversely, as diabolical creatures. A Rapid Tour around the World In Egypt under the pharaohs, science and religion were still incompletely separated. Priests saw the Papio hamadryas living around them as “brother baboons” guarding their temples. In fact, the Egyptian god Thoth was a complex deity combining qualities of monkeys and those of other wild animal species living in rice paddies next to temples, all able to sound the alarm if thieves were skulking nearby. At fi rst, baboons represented a local god in the Nile delta who guarded sacred sites. The associated cult then spread through middle Egypt. Even- tually, this god was assimilated by the Greeks into Hermes Trismegistus, the deity measuring and interpreting time, the messenger of the gods. One conse- quence of this deifi cation was that many animals were mummifi ed after death to honor them. Ancient Egyptians used traits of an ibis or a Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas) to represent their god Thoth.
    [Show full text]
  • A Stepwise Male Introduction Procedure to Prevent Inbreeding in Naturalistic Macaque Breeding Groups
    animals Article A Stepwise Male Introduction Procedure to Prevent Inbreeding in Naturalistic Macaque Breeding Groups Astrid Rox 1,2, André H. van Vliet 1, Jan A. M. Langermans 1,3,* , Elisabeth H. M. Sterck 1,2 and Annet L. Louwerse 1 1 Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Animal Science Department, 2288 GJ Rijswijk, The Netherlands; [email protected] (A.R.); [email protected] (A.H.v.V.); [email protected] (E.H.M.S.); [email protected] (A.L.L.) 2 Animal Behaviour & Cognition (Formerly Animal Ecology), Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands 3 Department Population Health Sciences, Division Animals in Science and Society, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, 3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +31-152-842-620 Simple Summary: Housing of primates in groups increases animal welfare; however, this requires management to prevent inbreeding. To this end, males are introduced into captive macaque breeding groups, mimicking the natural migration patterns of these primates. However, such male introduc- tions can be risky and unsuccessful. The procedure developed by the Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Rijswijk, the Netherlands, to introduce male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) into naturalistic social groups without a breeding male achieves relatively high success rates. Males are stepwise familiarized with and introduced to their new group, while all interactions between the new male and the resident females are closely monitored. Monitoring the behaviour of the resident Citation: Rox, A.; van Vliet, A.H.; females and their new male during all stages of the introduction provides crucial information as to Langermans, J.A.M.; Sterck, E.H.M.; whether or not it is safe to proceed.
    [Show full text]
  • ABSTRACT the Genus Callicebus Is One of the Most
    Volume ##(##):A‑P, #### NEW SPECIES OF TITI MONKEY, GENUS CALLICEBUS THOMAS, 1903 (PRIMATES, PITHECIIDAE), FROM SOUTHERN AMAZONIA, BRAZIL JULIO CÉSAR DALPONTE1 FELIPE ENNES SILVA2 JOSÉ DE SOUSA E SILVA JÚNIOR3 ABSTRACT The genus Callicebus is one of the most diverse Neotropical primate groups, with 31 recog- nized species. However, large knowledge gaps still exist regarding the diversity of this genus. Such gaps are gradually being filled due to recent intensification of sampling efforts. Several geographic distributions have been better delimited, and six new species have been described in the last 15 years. The goal of the present study is to describe a new species of Callicebus belonging to the Callicebus moloch species group, recently discovered in an area previously considered to be part of the geographic distribution of C. cinerascens. Data collection was conducted through direct observations, specimen collection and interviews with local residents during four expeditions. Specimens were deposited in the mammalian collection of the Mu- seu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. For a comparative evaluation, we examined specimens of the other species of the Callicebus moloch species group, especially the geographically neighboring forms, C. bernhardi and C. cinerascens. We examined 10 chromatic characters of the fur. In addition to body mass, we verified the conventional external variables and 26 craniomet- ric variables. The new species differs from all other Amazonian Callicebus by an exclusive combination of characters, being easily distinguished by the light gray line of the forehead, dark ocher sideburns and throat, dark gray portions of the torso and flanks, and uniformly orange tail. The geographic distribution of the new species is limited by the Roosevelt and Aripuanã rivers, in the states of Mato Grosso and Amazonas, Brazil.
    [Show full text]
  • World's Most Endangered Primates
    Primates in Peril The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2016–2018 Edited by Christoph Schwitzer, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, Federica Chiozza, Elizabeth A. Williamson, Elizabeth J. Macfie, Janette Wallis and Alison Cotton Illustrations by Stephen D. Nash IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG) International Primatological Society (IPS) Conservation International (CI) Bristol Zoological Society (BZS) Published by: IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG), International Primatological Society (IPS), Conservation International (CI), Bristol Zoological Society (BZS) Copyright: ©2017 Conservation International All rights reserved. No part of this report may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. Inquiries to the publisher should be directed to the following address: Russell A. Mittermeier, Chair, IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22202, USA. Citation (report): Schwitzer, C., Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B., Chiozza, F., Williamson, E.A., Macfie, E.J., Wallis, J. and Cotton, A. (eds.). 2017. Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2016–2018. IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG), International Primatological Society (IPS), Conservation International (CI), and Bristol Zoological Society, Arlington, VA. 99 pp. Citation (species): Salmona, J., Patel, E.R., Chikhi, L. and Banks, M.A. 2017. Propithecus perrieri (Lavauden, 1931). In: C. Schwitzer, R.A. Mittermeier, A.B. Rylands, F. Chiozza, E.A. Williamson, E.J. Macfie, J. Wallis and A. Cotton (eds.), Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2016–2018, pp. 40-43. IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG), International Primatological Society (IPS), Conservation International (CI), and Bristol Zoological Society, Arlington, VA.
    [Show full text]
  • Rhesus Macaques (Macaca Mulatta) Recognize Group Membership Via Olfactory Cues Alone
    Behav Ecol Sociobiol (2015) 69:2019–2034 DOI 10.1007/s00265-015-2013-y ORIGINAL ARTICLE Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) recognize group membership via olfactory cues alone Stefanie Henkel 1,2 & Angelina Ruiz Lambides1,3,4 & Anne Berger5 & Ruth Thomsen1,6,7 & Anja Widdig1,3 Received: 9 April 2015 /Revised: 18 September 2015 /Accepted: 21 September 2015 /Published online: 31 October 2015 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015 Abstract The ability to distinguish group members from con- paradigm to investigate whether rhesus macaques (Macaca specifics living in other groups is crucial for gregarious spe- mulatta) can discriminate between body odors of female cies. Olfaction is known to play a major role in group recog- group members and females from different social groups. nition and territorial defense in a wide range of mammalian We conducted the study on the research island Cayo Santiago, taxa. Although primates have been typically regarded as Puerto Rico, in the non-mating season and controlled for kin- microsmatic (having a poor sense of smell), increasing evi- ship and familiarity using extensive pedigree and demograph- dence suggests that olfaction may play a greater role in pri- ic data. Our results indicate that both males and females in- mates’ social life than previously assumed. In this study, we spect out-group odors significantly longer than in-group carried out behavioral bioassays using a signaler-receiver odors. Males licked odors more often than females, and older animals licked more often than younger ones. Furthermore, individuals tended to place their nose longer towards odors Communicated by E. Huchard when the odor donor’s group rank was higher than the rank of Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article their own group.
    [Show full text]
  • The Identity of the Collared Titi Cheracebus Torquatus
    Primate Conservation 2020 (34): 13-52 On the Taxonomic History and True Identity of the Collared Titi, Cheracebus torquatus ( Hoffmannsegg, 1807) (Platyrrhini, Callicebinae) Hazel Byrne1, Anthony B. Rylands2, Stephen D. Nash3 and Jean Philippe Boubli4 1Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, UT, USA 2Global Wildlife Conservation, Austin, TX, USA 3Department of Anatomical Sciences, Health Sciences Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA 4School of Science, Engineering and the Environment, University of Salford, Manchester, UK Abstract: The collared titi, Cheracebus torquatus, is paradoxically the least well-defined of the so-called torquatus“ group” of Neotropical titi monkeys. Since its description by Hoffmannsegg in 1807, it has been re-characterized numerous times. In this study, the true identity of Cheracebus torquatus is assessed based on a review of its taxonomic history and the observation of 100 skins from across the genus Cheracebus, including the holotype for C. torquatus. We propose that the C. torquatus type specimen and type description fit most closely with widow monkeys found south of the Rio Solimões between the rios Juruá and Purus, and we conclude that purinus Thomas, 1927, is a junior synonym of torquatus. This necessarily invalidates the torquatus type locality, as defined by Hershkovitz, of Codajás, north (left) bank of the Solimões, and we thus restrict the type locality to Aiapuá, left bank of the Rio Purus, Brazil. The left bank Rio Solimões populations that were previously classified asC. torquatus (sensu Hershkovitz) are here included as lugens, and we redefineC. lugens to include all Cheracebus found north of the Solimões- Japurá-Caquetá.
    [Show full text]
  • Comments on 4×4 Philatelic Latin Squares
    Comments on 4×4 philatelic Latin squares Peter D. Loly and George P. H. Styan compiled: February 13, 2010 Courtesy of George P. H. Styan Courtesy George P. H. Styan Figure 1. Four international scientific congresses: Canada 1972, PLS type a324. Postage stamps are occasionally issued in sheetlets of n ties on the planet. Featured on the stamps in Figure 1 (top different stamps printed in an n × n array containing n of row, left to right) are: (1) aerial map photography, for the each of the n stamps. Sometimes the n × n array forms 12th Congress of the International Society of Photogram- what we call a philatelic Latin square (PLS): each of the metry, (2) contour lines, the 6th International Conference of n stamps appears exactly once in each row and exactly once the International Cartographic Association, (3) a geological in each column. In Figure 1 we display such a sheetlet (in fault (cross-section of the crust of the earth, showing differ- full with selvage) with n = 4: In July–August 1972, Canada ent layers of material), for the 24th International Geological hosted four international congresses concerned with the ex- Congress, (4) aerial view, for the 22nd International Geo- ploration and development of the earth and man’s activi- graphical Congress. 2 CHANCE, Volume 23, Issue 1, Winter 2010 compiled February 13, 2010 Table 1. Standard-form 4 × 4 Latin squares and PLS counts and examples. total PLS Sudoku numbers special special WWF Macau Figure topic country year WWF type form of PLS identified backwards a234 block-Latin 56 45 2 2 Mickey
    [Show full text]
  • Associations Between Nutrition, Gut Microbial Communities, and Health in Nonhuman Primates
    Associations Between Nutrition, Gut Microbial Communities, and Health in Nonhuman Primates A Dissertation SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BY Jonathan Brent Clayton IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Advised by Drs. Timothy J. Johnson and Michael P. Murtaugh December 2015 © Jonathan Brent Clayton 2015 Acknowledgements I would like to thank my advisors, Drs. Timothy Johnson and Michael Murtaugh, for believing in my abilities from day one, and helping me to design a thesis project based on my research interests and passion for nonhuman primate health. I would like to thank my aforementioned advisors and remaining committee members, Drs. Ken Glander, Herbert Covert and Dominic Travis for their daily guidance, unwavering support, and embarking on this journey with me. I would also like to thank Dr. Mark Rutherford, Lisa Hubinger, and Kate Barry for taking care of administrative matters. I am thankful for the incredible group of colleagues in the Johnson lab for their support, helpfulness, and friendship; Jessica Danzeisen, Kyle Case, Dr. Bonnie Youmans, Dr. Elicia Grace, and Dr. Kevin Lang. I am also thankful to the members of the Knights lab, Pajau Vangay and Tonya Ward for their help with data analysis and copious constructive feedback. I would like to thank Dr. Steve Ross and the Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes staff for training me on behavioral data collection methodology, which was a critical step in preparation for data collection in Vietnam. I am also thankful to Francis Cabana for helping to analyze the feeding ecology and nutritional analysis data.
    [Show full text]
  • Annual Report 2013
    Annual Report 2013 © Proyecto Mono Tocón First published 2014 Jr. Reyes Guerra, 430 Moyobamba, Perú Text by Jan Vermeer Design and composition by Jan Vermeer and Antonio Bóveda Photography by Proyecto Mono Tocón All rights reserved. Information from this publication may be reproduced, but preferably with the prior permission of the Proyecto Mono Tocón association. he year 2013 has again been a year with much expansion of the activities of Proyecto Mono Tocón. Despite all efforts by local communities, authorities and non-governmental organisations, the T situation of the San Martin titi monkey (Callicebus oenanthe) is critical. There is an ever increasing human pressure on its habitat and little of its forest remains. We are supporting several local communities with the conservation of their forest, home of the San Martin titi monkey. But the question that keeps us occupied is if this is enough to safe the species from extinction. Without more political involvement, it will be very difficult to create safe havens for viable populations of titi monkeys. The Regional Government of San Martin will have to review their intentions for the territory and decide if it would not be better to change the designation of many thousands of hectares of production forest into in conservation areas. Our conservation work concentrates on the Central Huallaga area, as this is the region where we still can find the titi monkey’s habitat and maybe even more important, local communities that want to protect their forest. To better understand the needs of the titi monkeys, we have started in 2013 several long term research programmes, focussing on titi monkey densities in different types of forest and on behaviour.
    [Show full text]
  • Macaca Fascicularis) in Thailand
    The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 8(2): 185-204, October 2008 ©2008 by Chulalongkorn University Current Situation and Status of Long-tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in Thailand SUCHINDA MALAIVIJITNOND1* AND YUZURU HAMADA2 1Primate Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. 2Section of Morphology, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Japan. ABSTRACT.– Long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) are the most frequently encountered primate in Thailand. They are currently considered at low risk for extinction, however, they are threatened by habitat fragmentation or loss, inbreeding or outbreeding depression and hybridization. At present, no management measures have been taken and updated information on their situation and status are urgently needed. We sent questionnaires throughout Thailand to a total of 7,410 sub-districts, and received 1,417 (19.12%) replies. We traveled to the sub-districts from which the positive replies to questionnaires on macaques were obtained, from December 2002 to December 2007 and found long-tailed macaques in 74 locations which ranged from the lower northern and northeastern (ca. 16° 30´ N) to the southernmost part (ca. 6° 30´ N) of Thailand. The distribution of long-tailed macaques at present is similar to that reported 30 years ago, but their habitats have changed from natural forests to temples or recreation parks. On average, 200 monkeys per location were counted and some populations had more than 1,000 individuals. In some locations they were regarded as pests. Local authorities took short-term management measures such as translocation and contraception. Although many troops of Thai long- tailed macaques have inflated population densities, some local troops exhibited morphological, genetic and behavioural uniqueness that may be important to conserve.
    [Show full text]
  • Do Wild Titi Monkeys Show Empathy?
    Short Communication Primate Biol., 1, 23–28, 2014 www.primate-biol.net/1/23/2014/ doi:10.5194/pb-1-23-2014 © Author(s) 2014. CC Attribution 3.0 License. Do wild titi monkeys show empathy? A. Clyvia1, M. C. Kaizer1, R. V. Santos1, R. J. Young1,2, and C. Cäsar1,3 1Conservation, Ecology and Animal Behaviour Group, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2University of Salford Manchester, School of Environment & Life Sciences, Manchester, UK 3Bicho do Mato Instituto de Pesquisa, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Correspondence to: C. Cäsar ([email protected]) Received: 31 May 2014 – Revised: 3 October 2014 – Accepted: 7 October 2014 – Published: 28 October 2014 Abstract. We observed a putative case of empathy among wild black-fronted titi monkeys (Callicebus ni- grifrons) from two different groups (D and R). In over 10 years of behavioural observations of five habituated groups of this species, only low levels of inter-group tolerance have been observed. However, on one day, we encountered the adult male from group D limping (poor hind limb motor coordination) as he travelled alone along the ground. Interestingly, we observed that members of group R did not express any agonistic behaviour towards this neighbouring male and apparently allowed this disabled individual to follow them in the forest for over 5 h. They stayed low in the forest (< 2 m above the ground) and < 10 m horizontally from the individual, and remained in visual contact with him. At the end of the day, this male from group D slept in the sleeping site of group R and was groomed by the adult female of group R.
    [Show full text]