Anti-predator behavior of gelada baboons |
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| Authors: | Toshitaka Iwamoto Akio Mori Masao Kawai Afework Bekele |
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| Institution: | (1) Faculty of Education, Miyazaki University, 1-1, Gakuen-Kibanadai-Nishi, 889-21 Miyazaki, Japan;(2) Primate Research, Institute, Kyoto University, Kanrin, Inuyama, 484 Aichi, Japan;(3) Nihon-Fukushi University, Handa, 475 Aichi, Japan;(4) Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Addis Ababa University, P. O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
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| Abstract: | The anti-predator behavior of gelada baboons has been observed to consist of simple flight (i.e. they flee to cliffs after
becoming alarmed by potential predators). However, active antipredator behavior was observed in a recently found gelada population
in Arsi, Ethiopia. This population showed frequent active counter-attacks and severe mobbing at predators. Males fought domestic
dogs on the plain and exhibited a systematic mobbing behavior towards a leopard on the cliff face to chase it off. These active
anti-predator behaviors are the first confirmed reports on gelada baboons and may provide a useful insight for the understanding
of the process of evolutionary adaptation to highland habitats by gelada baboons, as well as for the origin of this small
southern population. |
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| Keywords: | Theropithecus gelada Anti-predator behavior Predation Mobbing |
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