Macaque

Time budget of Macaca mulatta

We measured the amount of time that 20 rhesus monkeys (four adult males, 10 adult females, four juvenile males, and two juvenile females) contained in two enclosured social groups devoted to 16 activities.

Year Published: 1978Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Post, W., Baulu, J. 1978. Time budget of Macaca mulatta. Primates 19, 125-140.

Auto-mutilation in animals and its relevance to self-injury in man

Self-mutilation in non-human mammals is a well-established, although not a widely known phenomenon, which has been reported under zoo and laboratory conditions. In macaque monkeys, laboratory rearing and isolation are important predisposing factors, and the more serious self-injury is initiated...

Year Published: 1978Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Jones, I. H., Barraclough, B. M. 1978. Auto-mutilation in animals and its relevance to self-injury in man. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 58, 40-47.

Some effects of living conditions upon the pattern of growth in stumptail macaque (Macaca arctoides)

Confinement and prolonged lack of physical exercise are very probably responsible for the reduced weight and size of our monkeys bred in laboratory conditions. ... This is apparently due to the impaired development and resulting athrophy of the muscles, particularly...

Year Published: 1978Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Faucheux, B., Bertrand, M., Bourliere, F. 1978. Some effects of living conditions upon the pattern of growth in stumptail macaque (Macaca arctoides). Folia Primatologica 30(3), 220-236.

Woodchip litter in macaque groups

The effects of the presence of woodchips as a floor covering were assessed on psychological well-being in two pens housing 28 macaques. No negative effects were found, while aggression decreased and time foraging on the floor increased. The chips were...

Year Published: 1979Topics: Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Chamove, A. S., Anderson, J. R. 1979. Woodchip litter in macaque groups. Animal Technology 30, 69-74.

Activity patterns in a stumptail macaque group (Macaca arctoides)

Individuals participated in social grooming approximately 12% of the time; females did far more grooming than did males.

Year Published: 1980Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bernstein, I. S. 1980. Activity patterns in a stumptail macaque group (Macaca arctoides). Folia Primatologica 33(1-2), 20-45.

Strangers in a strange land: Abnormal behavior or abnormal environments? In: Captivity and Behavior

It is the purpose of this chapter to review some of the information on abnormal behavior of primates and the environmental factors associated with them. ... Virtually all captive-reared macaques confined in small cages early in life express this behavioral...

Year Published: 1979Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Erwin, J. , Deni, R. 1979. Strangers in a strange land: Abnormal behavior or abnormal environments? In: Captivity and Behavior. Erwin, J., Maple, T., Mitchell, G. (eds), 1-28. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY.

Aggression in captive macaques: Interaction of social and spacial factors

Providing a male-dominated group access to two rooms (more space) rather than one (less space) allowed some animals to be out of the dominant male's sight. Loss of the male's control over his group resulted in a dramatic increase in...

Year Published: 1979Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Erwin, J. 1979. Aggression in captive macaques: Interaction of social and spacial factors. In: Captivity and Behavior. Erwin, J., Maple, T., Mitchell, G. (eds), 139-171. Van Nostrand, New York, NY.

The role of peers in modifying behavioral distress and pituitary-adrenal response to a novel environment in year-old rhesus monkeys

Infant rhesus macaques were captured from their social group and placed in an unfamiliar environment for 24 hours either (a) alone or (b) with another infant from the same group. When tested alone, the animals exhibited significantly more signs of...

Year Published: 1980Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Gunnar, M. R., Gonzalez, C. A., Levine, S. 1980. The role of peers in modifying behavioral distress and pituitary-adrenal response to a novel environment in year-old rhesus monkeys. Physiology and Behavior 25, 795-798.

Persistent adrenocortical activation in female rhesus monkeys after new breeding group formation

Persistent elevated adrenocortical responsiveness to ACTH has been demonstrated in female rhesus monkeys as long as 13 weeks after relocation into new single male breeding groups.

Year Published: 1980Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Goo, G. P., Sassenrath, E. N. 1980. Persistent adrenocortical activation in female rhesus monkeys after new breeding group formation. Journal of Medical Primatology 9, 325-334.

Interactions between males and unweaned barbary macaques: testing the agonistic buffering hypothesis

Observations of wild Barbary macaques in the Moroccan Middle Atlas revealed more male interaction with unweaned monkeys than has been described for other Cercopithecoidea. 2. Adult, subadult and juveniles males were all involved. On the birth of a new season's...

Year Published: 1980Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Deag, J. M. 1980. Interactions between males and unweaned barbary macaques: testing the agonistic buffering hypothesis. Behaviour 75, 54-81.