Asensio Norberto, Gómez-Marín Francisco
Instituto de Neuroetologia, Universidad Veracruzana, Apdo. Postal 88, 95870 Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico.
Primates. 2002 Oct;43(4):339-41. doi: 10.1007/BF02629607.
This paper reports the response of one howler monkey group (Alouatta palliata) to a group of potential predators, the tayra (Eira barbara). The apparently successful predator avoidance behavior of the monkeys was recorded in detail. We observed a group of four adult tayras moving around the Alouatta group displaying a species-typical aggressive behavioral pattern. The two adult females of the howler group successfully chased the tayras away by repeatedly moving closer to the mustelids and even following them until the predators moved off.
本文报告了一群吼猴（蛛猴属）对一群潜在捕食者——草原鼬（艾氏貂）的反应。详细记录了猴子们明显成功的避敌行为。我们观察到四只成年草原鼬在吼猴群周围活动，展现出该物种典型的攻击性行为模式。吼猴群中的两只成年雌性通过不断靠近鼬科动物，甚至跟随它们直到捕食者离开，成功赶走了草原鼬。
