Nonhuman Primate

A method for training unrestrained primates to receive drug injection

Training technique by which an adult, single-housed male baboon learned to offer his arm through a pothole and accept intramuscular injection in this home cage is described and the result demonstrated with a photo. Injection was reliably obtained after approximately...

Year Published: 1964Animal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Levison, P. K., Fester, C. B., Nieman, W. H. et al. 1964. A method for training unrestrained primates to receive drug injection. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 7, 253-254.

Tool-using and aimed throwing in a community of free-living chimpanzees

Year Published: 1964Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Goodall, J. 1964. Tool-using and aimed throwing in a community of free-living chimpanzees. Nature 201, 1264-1266 .

The behaviour of juvenile rhesus monkeys in groups

Subjects spent 48%-72% of the time in the upper one-third of the compound.

Year Published: 1964Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bernstein, I. S., Draper, W. A. 1964. The behaviour of juvenile rhesus monkeys in groups. Animal Behaviour 12, 84-91.

Responses of rhesus monkeys to mildly stressful situations

Signs of behavioral disturbance are usually lower when other animals are present in fear- or stress-inducing situations

Year Published: 1963Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Rowell, T. E., Hinde, R. A. 1963. Responses of rhesus monkeys to mildly stressful situations. Animal Behaviour 11, 235-243.

Stereotyped behavior and cage size

It was concluded that spatial restriction which does not permit 'normal' locomotor behavior, e.g., running, climbing, etc., results in substitute motor expression which frequently takes the form of repetitive stereotyped movement.

Year Published: 1963Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Draper, W. A., Bernstein, I. S. 1963. Stereotyped behavior and cage size. Perceptual and Motor Skills 16, 231-234.

The social bond of the primates

Year Published: 1963Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Chance, M. R. A. 1963. The social bond of the primates. Primates 4, 1-22.

Situation and stimulus effect on stereotyped behaviors of chimpanzees

Stereotyped behaviors are present on many occasions, but observers have noted that they are particularly prevalent when some degree of 'tension' is presumably present. ... The level of stereotyped behaviors was highest in an enclosed cubicle. This effect was apparently...

Year Published: 1963Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Berkson, G., Mason, W. A., Saxon, S. U. 1963. Situation and stimulus effect on stereotyped behaviors of chimpanzees. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology 56, 786-792.

Group formation by rhesus monkeys

Year Published: 1963Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bernstein, I. S., Mason, W. A. 1963. Group formation by rhesus monkeys. Animal Behaviour 11, 28-31.

Factors influencing normal SGO-T levels in the rhesus monkey

There can be a rise in SGO-T [serum glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase] in monkeys due to nonspecific stresses such as fright, handling or clinical procedures.

Year Published: 1964Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Robinson, F. R., Gisler, D. B., Dixon, D. F. 1964. Factors influencing normal SGO-T levels in the rhesus monkey. Laboratory Animal Care [Laboratory Animal Science] 14, 275-282.

Communication in monkeys and apes

A clear description of functional analysis of nonhuman primate communicative behaviors. Looking away, or rather looking anywhere except toward the opponent, is a widespread sign of submission.

Year Published: 1965Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Marler, P. 1965. Communication in monkeys and apes. In: Primate Behavior. Field Studies of Monkeys and Apes . De Vore, I. (ed), 544-584. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, NY.