Social grooming between squirrel monkeys and uakaris in a seminatural environment |
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Authors: | Enrique J Abordo Russel A Mittermeier Jerome Lee Paul Mason |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, Queens College, 11367, Flushing, New York, U.S.A. 2. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 02138, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. 3. Department of Psychology, Bucknell University, 17837, Lewisburg, Pa., U.S.A.
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Abstract: | Young squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) were reported grooming an adult female uakari (Cacajao calvus rubicundus) on four different occasions. Furthermore, the uakari was noted grooming two squirrel monkeys in separate instances. These observations took place in a seminatural rainforest (The Monkey Jungle; Goulds, Florida, U.S.A.) where provisions are provided. Some possible hypostheses tendered to account for this unusual behavior included (a) the unaverted interaction of food-seeking and fur-cleaning behavior, and (b) the compatibility of play-curiosity activities by squirrel monkeys with the uakaris' need for social contact. |
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