Primates

, Volume 31, Issue 2, pp 197–204 | Cite as

Comparison of affiliative behaviors between old and recently established pairs of golden lion tamarin,Leontopithecus rosalia

  • Julio César Ruiz
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Abstract

To evaluate the changes in the relationship between male and femaleLeontopithecus rosalia over time, I compared the interactions in four well established pairs at the National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C., to those in four newly established pairs at the Conservation and Research Center of the National Zoological Park, Front Royal, Virginia, U.S.A.

I recorded the frequency of approaches, withdrawals, food offerings, food takings, and resisting food transfers. Male and female adults were the focal animals and the observations totaled 206.5 hr.

Males of newly established pairs interacted more with females than males of old established pairs.

While males generally began and maintained the interactions significantly more than females, females of recently formed pairs were initiators of affiliative behaviors significantly more than females of old pairs.

These results demonstrate a qualitative difference in the relationship between males and females when old and new pairs are compared.

Key Words

Social behavior Leontopithecus rosalia Affiliative behaviors Callitrichidae Pair bond 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Julio César Ruiz
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  1. 1.Buenos AiresArgentina

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