Behavior Systems Approach to Object Play: Stone Handling Repertoire as a Measure of Propensity for Complex Foraging and Percussive Tool Use in the Genus Macaca

Behavior Systems Approach to Object Play: Stone Handling Repertoire as a Measure of Propensity for Complex Foraging and Percussive Tool Use in the Genus Macaca

Stone handling (SH), has been identified in four closely related primate species of the Macaca genus. We provide the first ethogram of SH in long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis), a primate species known to use stones for extractive foraging. A total of 62.7 hrs of video recorded data were scor...

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Main Authors: Amanda N. Pelletier, Tatjana Kaufmann, Sidhesh Mohak, Riane Milan, Charmalie A. D. Nahallage, Michael A. Huffman, Noëlle Gunst, Aida Rompis, I Nengah Wandia, I Gusti Agung Arta Putra, Sergio M. Pellis, Jean-Baptiste Leca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Animal Behavior and Cognition 2017-11-01
Series:Animal Behavior and Cognition
Subjects:
Object play
Percussive tool use
Behavior systems
Motivation
Foraging
Ethogram
Online Access:http://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?id=1109

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