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A behavioral profile for stumptail macaques (Macaca arctoides)

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Behavioral observations made on a group of 15 stumptail macaques living in a seminatural environment are used to delineate an activity profile for the species which embraces numerous locomotor, self-directed, environment-directed and social behaviors. Data indicating that certain animals direct or receive particular behaviors at markedly different rates than the rest of the group are noted. The data from 39,000 10-sec observational samples are used to construct a detailed behavioral time-budget for the group. The budget takes into account the co-occurrence rates of the most frequently observed behaviors with each other and with the other behaviors recorded. The activity profile constructed in this way is compared with the results of four other studies which estimate daily behavioral rates for the species. Environmental, social group composition and sampling-technique variables are considered for their probable effects upon the behavioral rates reported in both the present and the compared studies. A detailed comparison of data from the different studies permits the estimate of a species-typical rate for each of the behavioral patterns reported and commented upon. The estimated rates, expressed as a range of values indicating the percentage of time that an average group member dedicates to various behaviors, should be valid in a wide variety of environments.

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  1. Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 10962, Orangeburg, New York, U.S.A.

    Robert T. O'Keeffe & Kenneth Lifshitz

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O'Keeffe, R.T., Lifshitz, K. A behavioral profile for stumptail macaques (Macaca arctoides). Primates 26, 143–160 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02382014

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