Banded together: a review of the factors favouring group living in a social carnivore, the banded mongoose Mungos mungo (Carnivora: Herpestidae)

Gusset, Markus

doi:10.1515/mamm.2007.008

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“…However, cooperative rescues from predatory attacks, like the case we describe here, are rarely observed in wild vertebrates and to our knowledge, have only been reported for primates (Table 1; see also Ref. 27 ), humpback whales (Megaptera novaeagliae 28 ), banded mongoose (Miunfos mungo 29 ), and possibly dolphins (Delphinidae 30 ). These rescue behaviors are considered a special form of cooperation as they involve one or more individuals putting themselves at risk to aid another, with no guarantee that the outcome will be successful, and no direct gain for the rescuer(s) 31,32 .…”

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Cooperative rescue of a juvenile capuchin (Cebus imitator) from a Boa constrictor

Jack

Brown

Buehler

et al. 2020

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The threat of predation by snakes is considered to have played a significant role in the evolution of primate sensory systems and behavior. However, we know relatively little about individual and group responses given the rarity of observed predation events. Here we report an observed (filmed) predation attempt by an adult Boa constrictor (~ 2 m) on a juvenile white-faced capuchin (Cebus imitator) in the Sector Santa Rosa of the Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The snake caught the juvenile monkey on the ground during a terrestrial play session. When the victim screamed, the alpha male, alpha female, and another adult female ran to the scene, physically attacked the snake (with bites and hits), and pulled the victim to safety. Most group members participated in the vocal mobbing of the snake both during and after the attack. Based on the outcomes of this predation attempt and published reports of other B. constrictor attacks on primates, the coordinated efforts of ≥ 2 group members is needed for a successful rescue. This observation adds to our growing knowledge of cooperative group behavior and its importance in predator defense.

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Cooperative rescue of a juvenile capuchin (Cebus imitator) from a Boa constrictor

Jack

Brown

Buehler

et al. 2020

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“…This population lives across a mixed land use area including both natural ecosystems and urbanized areas, with movement behavior of mongooses varying according to land type and proximity to humans . Evidence from previous studies (Fairbanks, 2013) suggests that mongoose dispersal behavior is increased in this region, differing significantly from that of populations living in a protected area in Uganda, where mongoose dispersal is extremely limited (Gusset, 2007). Occurrence of TB disease in the Botswana systems appears also to affect dispersal behaviors, with clinically ill mongooses dispersing less frequently than healthy mongooses (Fairbanks et al, 2014).…”

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“…Previous studies of banded mongoose behavior (Gusset, 2007;Nichols et al, 2012) have shown that individuals are typically philopatric and often mate within their natal group. Findings from our troop relatedness analysis suggest that banded mongoose practice similar behaviors in our study site.…”

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Urban landscapes increase dispersal, gene flow, and pathogen transmission potential in banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) in northern Botswana

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Hallerman

Alexander

2021

Ecology and Evolution

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Social interactions in striped hyena inferred from camera trap data: is it more social than previously thought?

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Understanding the drivers promoting sociality over solitariness in animal species is imperative for predicting future population trends and informing conservation and management. In this study we investigate the social structure of a desert dwelling population of striped hyena Hyaena hyaena. This species is historically regarded as strictly solitary albeit being the least studied of the extant Hyaenids. Accumulating evidence regarding the frequency of social interactions suggests a revision of striped hyena social structure is required. We hypothesized that striped hyena has a social structure that is more complex than expected for a strictly solitary species. For that end, we deployed an array of camera-traps in a remote desert region in Israel, and compared observed frequencies of striped hyena co-occurrence against null models to test whether hyena co-occurred more than expected by chance. Seven adults were (re)captured by our camera-traps in 49 different instances over 83 tracking days. Of these, 6 exhibited shared space-use around a scarce, isolated perennial water source. Five of them, co-occurred with other hyena (in 3 instances) significantly more frequent than expected by chance (and that timing suggests reproduction is unlikely to be the driving factor). Our findings substantiate evidence of complex social structure in striped hyena, highlight the importance of a scarce resource in space-use and sociality, and provide a baseline for future research of striped hyena social structure. We suggest that similar methods be employed to evaluate social structure in other “solitary species” to better understand their social dynamics.

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Banded together: a review of the factors favouring group living in a social carnivore, the banded mongoose Mungos mungo (Carnivora: Herpestidae)

Cited by 3 publications

References 29 publications

Cooperative rescue of a juvenile capuchin (Cebus imitator) from a Boa constrictor

Cooperative rescue of a juvenile capuchin (Cebus imitator) from a Boa constrictor

Urban landscapes increase dispersal, gene flow, and pathogen transmission potential in banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) in northern Botswana

Social interactions in striped hyena inferred from camera trap data: is it more social than previously thought?

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