Baxter M J, Fedigan L M
Arch Sex Behav. 1979 Sep;8(5):445-58. doi: 10.1007/BF01541200.
The Arashiyama West troop of Macaca fuscata consists of 150 monkeys transported from Kyoto, Japan, in February 1972 to their present location near Laredo, Texas. At this site the animals range over 108 acres and during the study period were only minimally provisioned and disturbed. In the report of a 3-year study of consort partner selection it was suggested that yearlong social bonds within the troop appeared to be distinct from consort bonds formed during mating season. Like Sade, we consider grooming to be a good measure of yearround affinitive bonding in macaques. This study compares the pairs formed for consorting with those formed for yearlong grooming activities, by the 94 individuals who formed consort relationships during the mating season of 1973--1974. It was found that yearlong grooming involved pairs of monkeys which were significantly different from those for consorting. Grooming was relatively frequent between related monkeys, while consort partners were seldom related. In addition, yearlong grooming patterns were not disrupted during mating season. These results suggest that consort and grooming activities are behavioral expressions of two important social networks, involving mutually exclusive social bonds.
岚山西部的猕猴群由150只猴子组成，这些猴子于1972年2月从日本京都被运到它们现在位于得克萨斯州拉雷多附近的栖息地。在这个地点，这些动物的活动范围达108英亩，在研究期间，它们仅得到少量的食物供应且很少受到干扰。在一项关于配偶选择的为期3年的研究报告中指出，猴群内全年的社会关系似乎与交配季节形成的配偶关系有所不同。和萨德一样，我们认为梳理毛发是衡量猕猴全年亲密关系的一个好方法。本研究比较了1973年至1974年交配季节期间形成配偶关系的94只个体，为交配而形成的配对与为全年梳理毛发活动而形成的配对。研究发现，全年的梳理毛发行为所涉及的猴子配对与交配配对有显著差异。亲属猴子之间的梳理毛发行为相对频繁，而配偶很少是亲属关系。此外，全年的梳理毛发模式在交配季节并未受到干扰。这些结果表明，交配和梳理毛发活动是两种重要社会网络的行为表现，涉及相互排斥的社会关系。
