Allonursing in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus nigritus): Milk or pacifier?

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Baldovino, María Celia; Di Bitetti, Mario Santiago
Año de publicación
2008
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Allonursing, the behaviour of females nursing offspring that are not their own, is relatively frequent in capuchin monkeys. Using focal-animal sampling and ad libitum observations we describe the pattern of allonursing in a wild group of tufted capuchins, Cebus nigritus (4 cohorts, 22 infants), at Iguazú National Park, north-eastern Argentina, and test several hypotheses on the adaptive value of allonursing. During 2,351 contact hours with the group (including 4,207 focal-animal samples totalizing 329 h focused on infants) we observed 39 allonursing bouts. Infants were not allonursed more frequently by close kin than by more distant allomothers. Offspring of dominant females were allonursed more frequently than those of low-ranking females. Nursing bouts were longer than allonursing bouts. Our results suggest that allonursing in tufted capuchins has a social function and is not mainly aimed at providing milk to infants. Copyright © 2007 S. Karger AG.
Fil: Baldovino, María Celia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; Argentina
Fil: Di Bitetti, Mario Santiago. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biológicas. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biológicas; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; Argentina
Materia
Adaptive Significance
Allomothering
Allonursing
Atlantic Forest
Capuchin Monkeys
Cebus Nigritus
Dominance
Kinship
Milk
Nursing
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spelling Allonursing in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus nigritus): Milk or pacifier?Baldovino, María CeliaDi Bitetti, Mario SantiagoAdaptive SignificanceAllomotheringAllonursingAtlantic ForestCapuchin MonkeysCebus NigritusDominanceKinshipMilkNursinghttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Allonursing, the behaviour of females nursing offspring that are not their own, is relatively frequent in capuchin monkeys. Using focal-animal sampling and ad libitum observations we describe the pattern of allonursing in a wild group of tufted capuchins, Cebus nigritus (4 cohorts, 22 infants), at Iguazú National Park, north-eastern Argentina, and test several hypotheses on the adaptive value of allonursing. During 2,351 contact hours with the group (including 4,207 focal-animal samples totalizing 329 h focused on infants) we observed 39 allonursing bouts. Infants were not allonursed more frequently by close kin than by more distant allomothers. Offspring of dominant females were allonursed more frequently than those of low-ranking females. Nursing bouts were longer than allonursing bouts. Our results suggest that allonursing in tufted capuchins has a social function and is not mainly aimed at providing milk to infants. Copyright © 2007 S. Karger AG.Fil: Baldovino, María Celia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; ArgentinaFil: Di Bitetti, Mario Santiago. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biológicas. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biológicas; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; ArgentinaKarger2008-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/60857Baldovino, María Celia; Di Bitetti, Mario Santiago; Allonursing in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus nigritus): Milk or pacifier?; Karger; Folia Primatologica; 79; 2; 2-2008; 79-920015-57131421-9980CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1159/000108780info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/108780info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T10:01:16Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/60857instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 10:01:16.915CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Allonursing in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus nigritus): Milk or pacifier?
title Allonursing in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus nigritus): Milk or pacifier?
spellingShingle Allonursing in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus nigritus): Milk or pacifier?
Baldovino, María Celia
Adaptive Significance
Allomothering
Allonursing
Atlantic Forest
Capuchin Monkeys
Cebus Nigritus
Dominance
Kinship
Milk
Nursing
title_short Allonursing in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus nigritus): Milk or pacifier?
title_full Allonursing in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus nigritus): Milk or pacifier?
title_fullStr Allonursing in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus nigritus): Milk or pacifier?
title_full_unstemmed Allonursing in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus nigritus): Milk or pacifier?
title_sort Allonursing in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus nigritus): Milk or pacifier?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Baldovino, María Celia
Di Bitetti, Mario Santiago
author Baldovino, María Celia
author_facet Baldovino, María Celia
Di Bitetti, Mario Santiago
author_role author
author2 Di Bitetti, Mario Santiago
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Adaptive Significance
Allomothering
Allonursing
Atlantic Forest
Capuchin Monkeys
Cebus Nigritus
Dominance
Kinship
Milk
Nursing
topic Adaptive Significance
Allomothering
Allonursing
Atlantic Forest
Capuchin Monkeys
Cebus Nigritus
Dominance
Kinship
Milk
Nursing
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Allonursing, the behaviour of females nursing offspring that are not their own, is relatively frequent in capuchin monkeys. Using focal-animal sampling and ad libitum observations we describe the pattern of allonursing in a wild group of tufted capuchins, Cebus nigritus (4 cohorts, 22 infants), at Iguazú National Park, north-eastern Argentina, and test several hypotheses on the adaptive value of allonursing. During 2,351 contact hours with the group (including 4,207 focal-animal samples totalizing 329 h focused on infants) we observed 39 allonursing bouts. Infants were not allonursed more frequently by close kin than by more distant allomothers. Offspring of dominant females were allonursed more frequently than those of low-ranking females. Nursing bouts were longer than allonursing bouts. Our results suggest that allonursing in tufted capuchins has a social function and is not mainly aimed at providing milk to infants. Copyright © 2007 S. Karger AG.
Fil: Baldovino, María Celia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; Argentina
Fil: Di Bitetti, Mario Santiago. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biológicas. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biológicas; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico; Argentina
description Allonursing, the behaviour of females nursing offspring that are not their own, is relatively frequent in capuchin monkeys. Using focal-animal sampling and ad libitum observations we describe the pattern of allonursing in a wild group of tufted capuchins, Cebus nigritus (4 cohorts, 22 infants), at Iguazú National Park, north-eastern Argentina, and test several hypotheses on the adaptive value of allonursing. During 2,351 contact hours with the group (including 4,207 focal-animal samples totalizing 329 h focused on infants) we observed 39 allonursing bouts. Infants were not allonursed more frequently by close kin than by more distant allomothers. Offspring of dominant females were allonursed more frequently than those of low-ranking females. Nursing bouts were longer than allonursing bouts. Our results suggest that allonursing in tufted capuchins has a social function and is not mainly aimed at providing milk to infants. Copyright © 2007 S. Karger AG.
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