Comportamiento de frotamiento sobre el pelaje de monos araña centroamericanos (Ateles geoffroyi Kuhl, 1820; Atelidae) en entorno de cautiverio en Honduras

Manuel Alejandro Paz-Sánchez

doi:10.62015/np.2023.v29.794

Authors

Manuel Alejandro Paz-Sánchez Centro Nacional de Conservación y Recuperación de Especies Rosy Walther y Secretaría de Recursos Naturales. Cerro El Picacho, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62015/np.2023.v29.794

Keywords:

Citrus sp, olfactory communication, environmental enrichment, zoo

Abstract

We provided environmental enrichment by offering ripe limes (Citrus sp.; Rutaceae) to a troop of captive spider monkeys at the National Center for Conservation and Recovery of Species/Rosy Walther Zoo, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The aim of the study was to stimulate biological functions in these nonhuman primates. All individuals interacted with the fruit; however, fur rubbing (sternal and axillary) with the citrus fruit was performed specifically by adult and juvenile males. The function of this behavior may relate to scent marking for olfactory communication, a hypothesis already proposed for the species.

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