2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Studies on cultural behavior of old-world monkeys in Asia and for their conservation
| Project/Area Number |
19405014
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Anthropology
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
WATANABE Kunio Kyoto University, 霊長類研究所, 教授 (60158623)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MITANI Masazumi 兵庫県立大学, 自然・環境科学研究所, 准教授 (20202343)
TANAKA Toshiaki 梅光学院大学, 子ども学部, 准教授 (00412370)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 道具使用行動 / キンシコウ / 社会行動 / 種間雑種 / スマトラ産哺乳類 / 保全旧世界ザル / 文化行動 |
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| Research Abstract |
We studied on cultural behaviors of long-tailed macaques in Thai and Indonesia ; dental flossing behavior and hot-water bathing. Details of both behaviors were analyzed. We also continued observation of golden snub-nosed monkeys in China. Females' emigration from one-male units and the function of dominance changes between one-male units were confirmed. Current distribution of 26 mammal species was surveyed in Central Sumatra (West Sumatra, Riau, Jambi Provinces). Further, the reproductive parameters of hybrid monkeys were studied. As a result it was found that many females disappeared from the group when comparing with other populations studied in the pure species.
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