Owren Michael J, Dieter Jacquelyn A
California Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis.
Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Am J Primatol. 1989;18(3):245-250. doi: 10.1002/ajp.1350180308.
Cross-fostering of infant rhesus macaques between unrelated females has become a routine management strategy at the California Primate Research Center. In order to study the effect of environmental factors on vocal development, we extended this procedure to offspring exchange between two different macaque species living in small social groups. A total of four neonatal Japanese and rhesus monkeys were fostered onto mothers of the other species. Six attempts were required, for an overall success rate of 67%. However, two of the adoptions involved the same foster mother, and both rejections occurred with the same female. The cross-fostered individuals gained weight normally in the first year of life and did not require any hospital treatment. These results indicate that raising nonhuman primate infants with members of a different species can be a viable means of altering species-typical experience without sacrificing essential aspects of maternal care, socialization, and psychological well-being.
在加利福尼亚灵长类动物研究中心，将恒河猴幼崽在无血缘关系的雌性之间进行交叉寄养已成为一种常规管理策略。为了研究环境因素对发声发育的影响，我们将这一程序扩展到生活在小群体中的两种不同猕猴物种之间的幼崽交换。总共四只新生日本猕猴和恒河猴被寄养到另一物种的母亲那里。共进行了六次尝试，总体成功率为67%。然而，其中两次寄养涉及同一位养母，且两次被拒均发生在同一只雌性身上。交叉寄养的个体在出生后的第一年体重正常增加，且无需任何住院治疗。这些结果表明，与不同物种的成员一起抚养非人灵长类动物幼崽，可能是一种可行的方式，既能改变物种典型的经历，又不会牺牲母性关怀、社交化和心理健康的重要方面。
