Wild robust capuchin monkey interactions with sympatric primates

Autor(es)

Falotico, Tiago ^{[1, 2]} ; Mendonca-Furtado, Olivia ^{[3, 1, 4]} ; Fogaca, Mariana Dutra ^{[3, 1, 5]} ; Tokuda, Marcos ^{[3, 6]} ; Ottoni, Eduardo B. ^[3] ; Verderane, Michele P. ^{[3, 1]}

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Neotrop Primates Res Grp, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Arts Sci & Humanities, Av Arlindo Bettio 1000, Predio CMP1, Sala T6, BR-03828000 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Psychol, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[4] Natl Inst Atlantic Forest, Santa Teresa - Brazil

^[5] Univ Vet Med Vienna, Vienna - Austria

^[6] Quinzinho Barros Municipal Zool Pk, Sorocaba - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: PRIMATES; v. 62, n. 4, p. 659-666, JUL 2021.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Examining interactions among sympatric primate species can provide interesting information about competition, cooperation, and avoidance between those species. Those interactions can be neutral, positive, or negative for the species involved. Capuchin monkeys are medium-sized primates that can encounter both larger and smaller primates in their varied habitats. Gracile capuchins (Cebus) are reported to present different types of interactions with other primates. Interactions with howler monkeys frequently include physical aggression, while interactions with spider monkeys are mostly threats and chases. Moreover, interaction types are not consistent across populations. Among robust capuchins (Sapajus spp.), however, no reports have been published. Here we describe and classify encounters of Sapajus libidinosus and S. nigritus with Alouatta caraya, A. guariba, Brachyteles arachnoides, and Callithrix jacchus in three sites in the environments of Cerrado, Caatinga (savannah-like), and Atlantic forest, and compare the interaction patterns among sites and different group sizes. The latter is a factor that can influence the outcome, and we expected capuchins in larger groups to be more aggressive toward other primates. Our results of 8421 h of total contact with the capuchin groups show that, indeed, capuchins in sites with larger groups presented aggressive interactions with higher frequency. However, the other species' body size also seems important as smaller primates apparently avoided capuchins, and interactions with the larger muriquis were mostly neutral for the capuchin. Capuchins showed neutral or aggressive behaviors toward howler monkeys, with differences between the rainforest and savannah groups. We found that robust capuchins can present aggressive interactions even to primates larger than themselves and that aggressive behavior was the most common response in populations living in larger groups and drier environments. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 06/07190-6 - Estudo do uso de ferramentas em populações de macacos-prego (Cebus libidinosus) do Parque Nacional da Serra da Capivara, PI
• Beneficiário: Eduardo Benedicto Ottoni
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 06/07187-5 - Estudo do uso de ferramentas em populações de macacos-prego (Cebus libidinosus) do Parque Nacional da Serra da Capivara - PI
• Beneficiário: Tiago Falótico
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 14/04818-0 - Uso de ferramentas por macacos-prego (Sapajus libidinosus) selvagens: ecologia, aprendizagem socialmente mediada e tradições comportamentais
• Beneficiário: Eduardo Benedicto Ottoni
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático
• Processo FAPESP: 09/51589-9 - Estrutura social, sistema de acasalamento e padrões de dispersão sexual de uma população selvagem de macacos-prego (Cebus nigritus), no Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho/PECB, São Paulo
• Beneficiário: Patrícia Izar Mauro
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 09/50182-2 - Dispersao e estrutura social de macacos-prego (sapajus nigritus) no parque estadual carlos botelho, sao paulo.
• Beneficiário: Marcos Tokuda
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 08/55684-3 - Variabilidade de comportamento social de macacos-prego (gênero Cebus): análise comparativa entre populações para investigação de correlatos fisiológicos
• Beneficiário: Patrícia Izar Mauro
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular