Izar Patrícia, Verderane Michele P, Visalberghi Elisabetta, Ottoni Eduardo B, Gomes De Oliveira Marino, Shirley Jeanne, Fragaszy Dorothy
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Am J Primatol. 2006 Jul;68(7):692-700. doi: 10.1002/ajp.20259.
We report a case of interspecies adoption of an infant marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) by wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus). The marmoset was an infant when it was first observed in the capuchin group on 3 March 2004. Since it first appeared it has been observed informally and frequently. In January 2005 systematic observations were made of the marmoset and a capuchin of similar age. Throughout its period of adoption the marmoset appeared to be socially integrated into the group, benefiting from nurturant behaviors exhibited by two successive adoptive "mothers" and pronounced tolerance from all members of the group. This case highlights the flexibility of both Callithrix and Cebus in accommodating variable social behaviors and other characteristics (including size) of social partners.
我们报告了一例野生卷尾猴(白领伶猴)收养婴猴(普通狨猴)的跨物种收养案例。这只婴猴于2004年3月3日首次在卷尾猴群体中被发现时还是个婴儿。自它首次出现以来,人们对其进行了非正式且频繁的观察。2005年1月,对这只婴猴和一只年龄相仿的卷尾猴进行了系统观察。在其被收养期间,这只婴猴似乎在社会层面融入了该群体,受益于两位相继充当收养“母亲”的卷尾猴所表现出的养育行为,并且受到了群体所有成员的显著容忍。这个案例凸显了狨猴属和伶猴属在适应社交伙伴的可变社会行为及其他特征(包括体型)方面的灵活性。