Snake-scent application behavior in the Siberian Chipmunk Eutamias sibiricus asiaticus.

Kobayashi, Tomomichi; Watanabe, Munetaka

doi:10.2183/pjab.57.141

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“…This behaviour has been observed in a variety of organisms, like hedgehog-tenrecs Echinops telfairi (Eibl-Eibesfeldt 1965), rice--field rats Rattus rattoides (Xu et al 1995), Siberian chipmunks Tamias sibiricus (Kobayashi and Watanabi 1981), and capuchin monkeys Cebus capucinus and owl monkeys Aotus spp. (Baker 1996, Zito et al 2003.…”

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Gender, age and seasonal dependent self-anointing in the European hedgehogErinaceus europaeus

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Coen W. 2005. Gender, age and seasonal dependent self-anointing in the European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus. Acta Theriologica 50: 167-173.Various hypotheses have been proposed in order to explain self-anointing in hedgehogs, but until now its function is still poorly understood. In order to obtain a better understanding of self-anointing, we investigated whether this behaviour is gender, age and seasonal dependent in seven European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758 populations. Signs of self-anointing were observed in more than 11% of all observations. First-year independent young were found to self-anoint more than adults, while male hedgehogs bore more signs of self-anointing than females. Self--anointing in adults displayed a peak in summertime, while no clear pattern was observed for young. We conclude that self-anointing is clearly dependent on gender, age and season.

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Gender, age and seasonal dependent self-anointing in the European hedgehogErinaceus europaeus

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“…has found a snake, a predator of chipmunks (Kawamichi 1978), it approaches and stays by the snake, exhibiting tail shaking, foot thumping and similar stress behaviors (Kobayashi & Watanabe 1981, 1986. The behavior in which animals stay by their potential predators with warning actions has been regarded as mobbing, a type of antipredator response serving the prey animal's survival (Altmann 1956;Curio 1975;Kruuk 1964;Owings & Coss 1977) although its function is still obscure (Harvey & Greenwood 1978).…”

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Does the Siberian chipmunk respond to the snake by identifying it?

Kobayashi¹

1987

J. Ethol.

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Abstract-Siberian chipmunks were presented with snakes and 4 control animals (tortoises, frogs, eels, quails) in a large outdoor pen to examine whether the snakedirected behavior of the chipmunk is a response to identifying the snake or simply an exploratory behavior toward generally strange objects. The animals were presented to chipmunks in 3 manners; tethered, anesthetized, and in perforated opaque boxes and in wire netting boxes. In "tethered" and "anesthetized", chipmuhks responded significantly more intensively to snakes than to other animals. When the animals were presented in the boxes, that is, when chipmunks could perceive only olfactory stimulus from the animals, they also showed the strongest response to snakes. The results suggest that 1)snake-directed behavior of chipmunks is not a general exploratory response toward strange objects but a response to identifying the snakes, and that 2)olfaction is an important cue for the chipmunks to identify snakes.

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“…until Zito et al [2003] documented this finding over a decade ago. Similarly, other mammals such as European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) [D'Havé et al, 2005], Siberian chipmunks (Tamius sibiricus) [Kobayashi and Watanabe, 1981] as well as various primates -e.g. white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) [Baker 1996], spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) [ Campbell, 2000;Laska et al, 2007], orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) [Morrogh-Bernard, 2008] -have been observed to self-anoint as well.…”

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Owl Monkeys (Aotus spp.) Perform Self- and Social Anointing in Captivity

Jefferson¹,

Tapanes²,

Evans³

2014

IJFP

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Several species of primates, including owl monkeys (Aotus spp.), anoint by rubbing their fur with odiferous substances. Previous research has shown that capuchin monkeys (Cebus and Sapajus) anoint socially by rubbing their bodies together in groups of two or more while anointing. Owl monkeys housed at the DuMond Conservancy have been observed to anoint over the last 10 years, and we report detailed new information on the anointing behavior of this population, including descriptions of social anointing which occurs frequently. We first investigated the occurrence of self-anointing in 35 Aotus spp. presented with millipedes. Detailed descriptions regarding body regions anointed were obtained for all anointers (n = 28). The median duration for a self-anointing bout was 3.6 min (range from approx. 2 s to 14.15 min). While the latency and length of anointing bouts showed considerable interindividual differences, no statistically significant differences were found between sexes, wild- or captive-born owl monkeys or across age groups. However, we found the lower back and tail were anointed at a rate significantly greater than other body parts, but there were no differences in these patterns across sex or wild- or captive-born owl monkeys. More recently, social anointing was investigated in 26 Aotus spp. presented with millipedes, of which half were observed to anoint socially. The average duration for all social anointing bouts was 72.88 s, with a median duration of 30 s (range 5-322 s). A detailed ethogram was also generated that included behaviors that were performed while anointing, including facial expressions and vocalizations. The intraindividual variability for 8 monkeys used in both investigations is discussed. These findings extend our knowledge of anointing and confirm the existence of social anointing in another genus with a unique biology (nocturnal and socially monogamous) distinct from capuchins.

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Snake-scent application behavior in the Siberian Chipmunk Eutamias sibiricus asiaticus.

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

Gender, age and seasonal dependent self-anointing in the European hedgehogErinaceus europaeus

Gender, age and seasonal dependent self-anointing in the European hedgehogErinaceus europaeus

Does the Siberian chipmunk respond to the snake by identifying it?

Owl Monkeys (Aotus spp.) Perform Self- and Social Anointing in Captivity

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