Sociosexual behavior and chemical communication of Aotus nancymaae

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1299-1313

  Wolovich, Christy Kaitlyn ^a   Evans, Sian ^b  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b DuMond Conservancy for Primates and Tropical Forests Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Olfaction; Pair bond; Scent marking; Subcaudal gland; Urine drink

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PRIMATE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AOTUS (PRIMATE); AOTUS NANCYMAAE; AOTUS TRIVIRGATUS; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 37449025226     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-007-9228-3     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Aquino, R., & Encarnación, F. (1994). Owl monkey populations in Latin America: Field work and conservation. In J. F. Baer, R. E. Weller, & I. Kakoma (Eds.) Aotus: The Owl Monkey (pp. 59-95). San Diego: Academic Press.
2. Bailey, K. (1978). Flehmen in the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta). Behaviour, 65, 309-319.
3. Bolen, R. H., & Green, S. M. (1997). Use of olfactory cues in foraging by owl monkeys (Aotus nancymai) and capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 111, 152-158.
4. Braune, P., Schmidt, S., & Zimmermann, E. (2005). Spacing and group coordination in a nocturnal primate, the golden brown mouse lemur (Microcebus ravelobensis): The role of olfactory and acoustic signals. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 58, 587-596.
5. Carroll, J. B. (1985). Pair bonding in goeldi's monkey Callimico goeldii. The Dodo: J Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, 22, 57-71.
6. Chambers, C. M., Gossett, J. E., & Evans, S. (2004). Sniffing their way around: Observations on captive owl monkeys. Laboratory Primate News, 43, 5-7.
7. Coimbra-Filho, A. F., & Mittermeier, R. A. (1976). Exudate-eating and tree-gouging in marmosets. Nature, 262, 630.
8. Collins, W. E. (1994). The owl monkeys as a model for malaria. In J. F. Baer, R. E. Weller, & I. Kakoma (Eds.) Aotus: The Owl Monkey (pp. 217-244). San Diego: Academic Press.
9. Curtis, D. J., & Zaramody, A. (1999). Social structure and seasonal variation in the behaviour of Eulemur mongoz. Folia Primatologica, 70, 79-96.
10. Dixson, A. F. (1994). Reproductive biology of the owl monkey. In J. F. Baer, R. E. Weller, & I. Kakoma (Eds.) Aotus: The Owl Monkey (pp. 113-132). San Diego: Academic Press.
11. Epple, G., Belcher, A. M., Kuderling, I., Zeller, U., Scolnick, L., & Greenfield, K. L. (1996). Making sense out of scents: species differences in scent glands, scent-marking behaviour, and scent-mark composition in the Callitrichidae. In A. B. Rylands (Ed.) Marmosets and Tamarins: Systematics, behaviour, and ecology (pp. 123-151). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
12. Estes, R. D. (1972). The role of the vomeronasal organ in mammalian reproduction. Mammalia, 36, 315-341.
13. Evans, C. (2003). Vomeronasal chemoreception in vertebrates: A study of the second nose. London: Imperial College Press.
14. Feged, A., Wolovich, C., & Evans, S. (2002). Food sharing in owl monkeys. American Journal of Primatology, 57(S1), 26.
15. Fernandez-Duque, E. (2003). Influences of moonlight, ambient temperature, and food availability on the diurnal and nocturnal activity of owl monkeys (Aotus azarai). Behavioral Ecology, 54, 431-440.
16. Fernandez-Duque, E. (2007). The Aotinae: social monogamy in the only nocturnal haplorhines. In S. Bearder, C. Campbell, A. Fuentes, K. MacKinnon, & M. Panger (Eds.) Primates in Perspective (pp. 139-154). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
17. Fernandez-Duque, E., & Erkert, H. (2006). Cathemerality and lunar periodicity of activity rhythms in owl monkeys of the Argentinean Chaco. Folia Primatologica, 77, 123-138.
18. Fernandez-Duque, E., Rotundo, M., & Ramirez-Llorens, P. (2002). Environmental determinants of birth seasonality in night monkeys (Aotus azarai) of the Argentinean chaco. International Journal of Primatology, 23, 639-656.
19. Fernandez-Duque, E., Valeggia, C. R., & Mason, W. A. (2000). Effects of pair-bond and social context on male-female interactions in captive titi monkeys (Callicebus moloch, Primates: Cebidae). Ethology, 106, 1067-1082.
20. Florida Climate Center website searched: www.coaps.fsu.edu/climate_center (5/31/06).
21. French, J. A., Abbott, D. K., & Snowdon, C. (1984). The effect of social environment on estrogen excretion, scent marking, and sociosexual behavior in tamarins (Saguinus oedipus). American Journal of Primatology, 6, 155-167.
22. Geissmann, T. (1987). A sternal gland in the siamang gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus). International Journal of Primatology, 8, 1-15.
23. Geissman, T., & Orgeldinger, M. (2000). The relationship between duet songs and pair bonds in siamangs, Hylobates syndactylus. Animal Behavior, 60, 805-809.
24. Gozalo, A., & Montoya, E. (1990). Reproduction of the owl monkey (Aotus nancymai) (Primates: Cebidae) in captivity. American Journal of Primatology, 21, 61-68.
25. Hanson, G., & Montagna, W. (1962). The skin of primates XXI. The skin of the owl monkey (Aotus trivirgatus). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 20, 421-230.
26. Hart, L. A., & Hart, B. L. (1987). Species-specific patterns of urine investigation and flehmen in grant's gazelle (Gazella granti), thompson's gazelle (G. thomsoni), impala (Aepyceros melampus), and eland (Taurotragus oryx). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 101, 299-304.
27. Heymann, E. W. (2001). Interspecific variation of scent-marking behaviour in wild tamarins, Saguinus mystax and Saguinus fuscicollis. Folia Primatologica, 72, 253-267.
28. Hill, W. C. O., Appleyard, H. M., & Auber, L. (1959). The specialized area of skin glands in Aotes Humboldt (Simiae Platyrrhini). Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, LXIII, 535-551.
29. Hinde, R. A., & Spencer-Booth, Y. (1967). The behaviour of socially living rhesus monkeys in their first two and a half years. Animal Behavior, 15, 169-196.
30. Holbrook, G. D., Chambers, C. M., & Evans, S. (2004). Seasonal breeding in captive owl monkeys. Folia Primatologica, 75(S1), 276.
31. Hunter, A. J., & Dixson, A. F. (1983). Anosmia and aggression in male owl monkeys (Aotus trivirgatus). Physiology and Behavior, 30, 875-879.
32. Hunter, A. J., Fleming, D., & Dixson, A. F. (1984). The structure of the vomeronasal organ and nasopalatine ducts in Aotus trivirgatus and some other primate species. Journal of Anatomy, 138, 217-225.
33. Jacobs, G. H. (1977). Visual capacities of the owl monkey (Aotus trivirgatus). I. Spectral sensitivity and color vision. Vision Research, 17, 811-820.
34. Jones, C. (2003). Urine-washing behaviors as condition-dependent signals of quality by adult mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata). Laboratory Primate News, 42, 12-14.
35. King, N. W. (1994). The owl monkey in oncogenic virus research. In J. F. Baer, R. E. Weller, & I. Kakoma (Eds.) Aotus: The owl monkey (pp. 245-261). San Diego: Academic Press.
36. Kleiman, D. G. (1977). Monogamy in mammals. Quarterly Review of Biology, 52, 3969.
37. Lacher, T. E., Bouchardet da Fonseca, G. A., Alves Jr., C., & Magalhaes-Castro, B. (1981). Exudate-eating, scent-marking, and territoriality in wild populations of marmosets. Animal Behavior, 29, 306-307.
38. Laszlo, K., Miller, K. E., & Suomi, S. J. (2004). Urine washing in captive tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). American Journal of Primatology, 62(S1), 68-69.
39. Laszlo, K., Miller, K. E., & Suomi, S. J. (2005). Functional significance of urine washing in captive tufted capuchins (Cebus apella). American Journal of Primatology, 66(S1), 121-122.
40. MacDonald, E. A., Fernandez-Duque, E., Hagey, L. R., and Evans, S. (in press). Sex, age and family differences in the chemical composition of owl monkey (Aotus nancymaae) subcaudal scent marks. American Journal of Primatology DOI 10.1002/ajp.20450.
41. Miller, K. E., Laszlo, K., & Dietz, J. M. (2003). The role of scent marking in the social communication of wild golden lion tamarins, Leontopithecus rosalia. Animal Behavior, 65, 795-803.
42. Moynihan, M. (1964). Some behavior patterns of playtyrrhine monkeys I. The night monkey (Aotus trivirgatus). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 146, 1-84.
43. Moynihan, M. (1966). Communication in the titi monkey, Callicebus. Journal of Zoology, 150, 77-127.
44. Muller, A. E., & Anzenberger, G. (2002). Duetting in the titi monkey Callicebus cupreus: Structure, pair specificity and development of duets. Folia Primatologica, 73, 104-115.
45. Ogden, T. E. (1994). Ophthalmologic research in the owl monkey. In J. F. Baer, R. E. Weller, & I. Kakoma (Eds.) Aotus: The Owl Monkey (pp. 263-286). San Diego: Academic Press.
46. Palombit, R. A. (1996). Pair bonds in monogamous apes: A comparison of the siamang Hylobates syndactylus and the white-handed gibbon Hylobates lar. Behaviour, 133, 321-356.
47. Rasmussen, L. E. L., Lee, T. D., Roelofs, W. L., Zhang, A., & Daves Jr., G. D. (1996). Insect pheromones in elephants. Nature, 379, 684.
48. Roberts, S. C., & Dunbar, R. I. M. (2000). Female territoriality and the function of scent-marking in a monogamous antelope (Oreotragus oreotragus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 47, 417-423.
49. Sliwa, A., & Richardson, P. R. K. (1998). Responses of aardwolves, Proteles cristatus, Sparrman 1783, to translocated scent marks. Animal Behavior, 56, 137-146.
50. Sutcliffe, A. G., & Poole, T. B. (1978). Scent marking and associated behaviour in captive common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus jacchus) with a description of the histology of scent glands. Journal of Zoology (London), 185, 41-56.
51. Swaisgood, R. R., Lindburg, D. G., & Zhang, H. (2002). Discrimination of oestrous in giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) via chemical cues in urine. Journal of Zoology (London), 257, 381-386.
52. Warren, R. D., & Crompton, R. H. (1997). A comparative study of the ranging behaviour, activity rhythms and sociality of Lepilemur edwardsi (Primates, Lepilemuridae) and Avahi occidentalis (Primates, Indriidae) at Ampijoroa, Madagascar. Journal of Zoology (London), 243, 397415.
53. Welker, C., Jantschke, B., & Klaiber-Schuh, A. (1998). Behavioral data on the titi monkey Callicebus cupreus and the owl monkey Aotus azarae boliviensis. A contribution on to the discussion on the correct systematic classification of these species. Part 1: Introduction and behavioural differences. Primate Report, 51, 3-18.
54. Wolovich, C. K. (2006). Food Sharing in Monogamous Owl Monkeys (Aotus spp.). Ph.D. dissertation, University of Miami, Coral Gables.
55. Wolovich, C. K., Feged, A., Evans, S., & Green, S. M. (2006). Social patterns of food sharing in monogamous owl monkeys. American Journal of Primatology, 68, 663-674.
56. Wolovich, C. K., Perea-Rodriguez, J. P., & Fernandez-Duque, E. (in press) Food transfers to young and mates in wild owl monkeys (Aotus azarai) American Journal of Primatology DOI 10.1002/ajp.20477.
57. Wright, P. C. (1978). Home range, activity pattern, and agonistic encounters of a group of night monkeys (Aotus trivirgatus) in Peru. Folia Primatologica, 29, 43-55.
58. Wright, P. (1985). The Costs and Benefits of Nocturnality for Aotus trivirgatus (the Night Monkey). Ph.D. dissertation, City University of New York, New York.
59. Wright, P. C. (1989). The nocturnal primate niche in the New World. Journal of Human Evolution, 18, 635-658.