scholarly journals Divergence in gut microbial communities mirrors a social group fission event in a black‐and‐white colobus monkey ( Colobus vellerosus )

2019 ◽  
Vol 81 (10-11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire K. Goodfellow ◽  
Tabor Whitney ◽  
Diana M. Christie ◽  
Pascale Sicotte ◽  
Eva C. Wikberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Communities ◽  
Social Group ◽  
Fission Event ◽  
Group Fission ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Colobus Vellerosus ◽  
Black And White Colobus ◽  
Colobus Monkey

scholarly journals Divergence in gut microbial communities mirrors a social group fission event in a black-and-white colobus monkey (Colobus vellerosus)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire K. Goodfellow ◽  
Tabor Whitney ◽  
Diana M. Christie ◽  
Pascale Sicotte ◽  
Eva C. Wikberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Communities ◽  
Social Group ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
List Type ◽  
Microbial Composition ◽  
Fission Event ◽  
Group Fission ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Colobus Vellerosus ◽  
Black And White Colobus

ABSTRACTHost behavior and social factors have increasingly been implicated in structuring the composition of gut microbial communities. In social animals, distinct microbial communities characterize different social groups across a variety of taxa, although little longitudinal research has been conducted that demonstrates how this divergence occurs. Our study addresses this question by characterizing the gut microbial composition of an African Old World monkey, the black-and-white colobus (Colobus vellerosus), prior to and after a social group fission event. Gut microbial taxonomic composition of these monkeys was profiled using the V-4 hypervariable region of the bacterial 16s rRNA gene, and pairwise-relatedness values were calculated for all individuals using 17 STR loci and partial pedigree information. The two social groups in this study were found to harbor distinct microbial signatures after the fission event from which they emerged, while these communities were not divergent in the same individuals prior to this event. Three genera were found to differ in abundance between the two new social groups: Parabacteroides, Coprococcus, and Porphyromonadaceae. Additionally, although this fission happened partially along lines of relatedness, relatedness did not structure the differences that we found. Taken together, this study suggests that distinct gut microbial profiles can emerge in social groups in less than one year and recommends further work into more finely mapping the timescales, causes, and potentially adaptive effects of this recurring trend toward distinct group microbial signatures.Research highlightsDistinct gut microbial profiles emerge in two social groups of C. vellerosus less than nine months after a fission event.Three genera differ in abundance between the two new social groups.Relatedness does not structure differences in microbial composition between the groups.

Black and White Colobus Monkey (Colobus guereza) Roars as a Source of Both Honest and Exaggerated Information About Body Mass

Ethology ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 112 (9) ◽  
pp. 911-920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tara R. Harris ◽  
W. T. Fitch ◽  
Louis M. Goldstein ◽  
Peter J. Fashing
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass ◽  
Colobus Guereza ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Black And White Colobus ◽  
Colobus Monkey

Individuals' behaviors following dye-marking in wild black-and-white colobus (Colobus vellerosus)

2005 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie A. Teichroeb ◽  
Sarah Marteinson ◽  
Pascale Sicotte
Keyword(s):  
Black And White ◽  
Colobus Vellerosus ◽  
Black And White Colobus ◽  
Dye Marking

Traditional taboos in biological conservation: the case of Colobus vellerosus at the Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, Central Ghana

2006 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania L. Saj ◽  
Charles Mather ◽  
Pascale Sicotte
Keyword(s):  
Social World ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Biological Conservation ◽  
Not Given ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Colobus Vellerosus ◽  
Black And White Colobus

Englilish The Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary in central Ghana has been called a classic example of successful ‘‘traditional’’ conservation. Local hunting taboos on two species of primates (the ursine black and white colobus and the Campbell's monkey) are thought to date back to the 1830s when a local oracle instructed the villagers to ‘‘care for the monkeys’’. However, the same level of protection is not given to the surrounding forest or other animals in the forest. In light of this situation, we examine the extent to which the traditional taboos on the monkeys complement the biological/ environmental conservation agenda. We come to the conclusion that the monkeys embody the history and foundation myths of the villages and serve as a totemic mechanism to preserve the villagers' social world. French Le "Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary'' au centre du Ghana est considéré comme un exemple classique de conservation "traditionnelle'' réussie. Les tabous locaux sur la chasse de deux espèces de primates (le colobus oursin noir et blanc et le singe de Campbell) datent, pense-t-on, des années 1830, lorsqu'un oracle local avait fait savoir aux villageois qu'ils devaient "prendre soin des singes''. Cependant, la protection accordée aux singes ne l'est pas à la forêt environnante ou aux autres espèces animales de la forêt. C'est pourquoi l'article cherche à établir dans quelle mesure les tabous traditionnels à l'égard des singes convergent avec l'agenda de conservation biologique/environnementale. L'article en arrive à la conclusion que les singes incarnent l'histoire et les mythes fondateurs de ces villages et servent de mécanismes totémiques pour préserver l'espace social des villageois.

Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor in a Two-month-old Black and White Colobus Monkey

1998 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. H. Long ◽  
F. Y. Schulman ◽  
A. Koestner ◽  
A. S. Fix ◽  
M. K. Campbell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor ◽  
Lumbar Vertebrae ◽  
Immunohistochemical Analysis ◽  
Neuroectodermal Tumor ◽  
Neurofilament Protein ◽  
Black And White ◽  
The Face ◽  
Black And White Colobus ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Colobus Monkey

A 2-month-old male black and white Colobus monkey ( Colobus guereza kikuyuensis) was euthanatized because of progressive physical deterioration, rear limb paralysis, lymphadenopathy, and the presence of facial and retroperitoneal lumbar masses. At necropsy, soft white masses were present in and around lumbar vertebrae, the subcutis of the face, multiple lymph nodes, and the fourth ventricle of the brain. Histologic and immunohistochemical analysis of these masses revealed a primitive neoplasm with both neuronal and glial differentiation, consistent with a primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) with bipotential differentiation. The extracranial tumors were synaptophysin (SYN)-positive, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-negative, and neurofilament protein (NFP)-negative, while the intracranial tumor was SYN-positive, GFAP-positive, and NFP-negative.

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