Vomiting in wild bonnet macaques

被引：1
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作者：
Johnson, Elizabeth C. [1 ]
Hill, Eric
Cooper, Matthew A.
机构：
[1] Oglethorpe Univ, Dept Psychol, Atlanta, GA 30319 USA
[2] Georgia State Univ, Dept Psychol, Atlanta, GA USA
来源：
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY | 2007年 / 28卷 / 01期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
diet; emesis; feeding ecology; macaque; vomit;
D O I：
10.1007/s10764-006-9085-5
中图分类号：
Q95 [动物学];
学科分类号：
071002 ;
摘要：
Researchers have not studied vomiting that is not associated with pathological behavior in nonhuman primates. Scientists generally assume that vomiting provides protection by ejecting toxins from the body, but the explanation is not fully supported by the literature. We report on 163 instances of vomiting from 2 groups of free-ranging bonnet macaques in southern India. The macaques routinely reingested their vomit. The reingestion was unlike that it? abnormal behavior of both humans and nonhuman primates. We suggest that the tendency to hoard food in their cheek pouches explains why they reingested the vomit.
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页数：12
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