Developmental Changes in Vocalizations of Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana)

Presenter Information

Erika Price
Lori Sheeran
Jin-Hua Li

Document Type

Oral Presentation

Campus where you would like to present

SURC Room 137B

Start Date

15-5-2014

End Date

15-5-2014

Keywords

Primate, Vocalizations, Development

Abstract

Little information exists on the types of vocalizations produced by Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana). Data were collected on the vocalizations of a group of 41 provisioned Tibetan macaques of both sexes and all ages at a tourist site at Mt. Huangshan, China, over two months in 2013. This allowed for the first construction of a vocal repertoire ethogram for the species, including descriptions of all observed vocalizations, the contexts in which they occurred, their production by members of each age/sex class, and their apparent intended recipients. Most vocalizations are produced by individuals of multiple age/sex classes and occur in several contexts, and the differential production of vocalizations by age classes indicates that vocalization behavior changes as Tibetan macaques develop. Similar developmental changes in vocalizations have also been documented in other macaque species.

Faculty Mentor(s)

Sheeran, Lori

Additional Mentoring Department

Primate Behavior and Ecology

Additional Files

Developmental Changes Powerpoint.pdf (1881 kB)

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Developmental Changes in Vocalizations of Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana)

SURC Room 137B

Little information exists on the types of vocalizations produced by Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana). Data were collected on the vocalizations of a group of 41 provisioned Tibetan macaques of both sexes and all ages at a tourist site at Mt. Huangshan, China, over two months in 2013. This allowed for the first construction of a vocal repertoire ethogram for the species, including descriptions of all observed vocalizations, the contexts in which they occurred, their production by members of each age/sex class, and their apparent intended recipients. Most vocalizations are produced by individuals of multiple age/sex classes and occur in several contexts, and the differential production of vocalizations by age classes indicates that vocalization behavior changes as Tibetan macaques develop. Similar developmental changes in vocalizations have also been documented in other macaque species.