Contributions to infant care in captive cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus): The influence of age, sex, and reproductive status

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eluned C. Price
Keyword(s):  
Infant Care ◽  
Reproductive Status ◽  
Saguinus Oedipus

Infant-care Behavior of Non-reproductive Helpers in a Communal-care Primate, the Cotton-top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)

Ethology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzette D. Tardif ◽  
Robert L. Carson ◽  
Barbara L. Gangaware
Keyword(s):  
Infant Care ◽  
Saguinus Oedipus ◽  
Care Behavior

Competition To Carry Infants in Captive Families of Cotton-Top Tamarins (Saguinus Oedipus)

Behaviour ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 118 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 66-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eluned C. Price
Keyword(s):  
Infant Care ◽  
Adult Daughters ◽  
Saguinus Oedipus ◽  
Adult Sons ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Large Groups ◽  
Communal Rearing

AbstractThe Callitrichidae (marmosets and tamarins) typically produce twins, and have communal rearing systems in which all group members help care for the infants. It has been hypothesised that helpers benefit in some way from assisting in infant care. If so, then competition to carry infants would be predicted. This was tested in a study of 14 litters of captive cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus). All occurrences of infant transfers (movements of infants from one caretaker to another) were recorded from birth to 12 weeks. Individuals in larger groups were less likely to reject infants, more likely to actively take infants, more likely to resist attempts by others to take, and more likely to intervene in transfers, suggesting increased competition to carry in large groups. Singletons were rejected less than twin infants, again suggesting the existence of competition amongst caretakers. Mothers rejected infants more frequently than fathers; young tamarins rejected infants more than older tamarins. There was evidence that carrying by juvenile siblings and by adult daughters was limited by other group members. There was evidence that adult sons and sub-adult sons and daughters competed most strongly, and were more likely to attempt to limit carrying by other group members. These results were interpreted in the light of hypotheses suggesting that the benefits to be gained from helping may differ amongst age-sex classes.

scholarly journals Scent Marks Signal Species, Sex and Reproductive Status in Tamarins (Saguinus spp., Neotropical Primates)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice C Poirier ◽  
John S Waterhouse ◽  
Jacob C Dunn ◽  
Andrew C Smith
Keyword(s):  
Scent Marking ◽  
Reproductive Status ◽  
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Olfactory Communication ◽  
Scent Marks ◽  
Saguinus Oedipus ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Headspace Gas ◽  
Invasive Method

Abstract Olfactory communication is an important mediator of social interactions in mammals, thought to provide information about an individual’s identity and current social, reproductive, and health status. In comparison with other taxa such as carnivores and rodents, few studies have examined primate olfactory communication. Tamarins (Callitrichidae) conspicuously deposit odorous secretions, produced by specialized scent glands, in their environment. In this study, we combined behavioral and chemical data on captive cotton-top tamarins, Saguinus oedipus, and bearded emperor tamarins, S. imperator subgrisescens, to examine the role of olfactory communication in the advertisement of species, sex, and reproductive status. We observed no difference in scent-marking behavior between species; however, females marked more frequently than males, and reproductive individuals more than non-reproductive ones. In addition, tamarins predominantly used their anogenital gland when scent-marking, followed by the suprapubic gland. We collected swabs of naturally deposited tamarin anogenital scent marks, and analyzed these samples using headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Despite a limited sample size, we established differences in tamarin anogenital mark chemical composition between species, sex and reproductive status, and identified 41 compounds. The compounds identified, many of which have been reported in previous work on mammalian semiochemistry, form targets for future bioassay studies to identify semiochemicals. Our non-invasive method for collecting deposited scent marks makes it a promising method for the study of olfactory communication in scent-marking animal species, applicable to field settings and for the study of elusive animals.

Infant day care and infant-care leaves: A policy vacuum.

1983 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Zigler ◽  
Susan Muenchow
Keyword(s):  
Day Care ◽  
Infant Care

A test of object permanence in cotton top tamarins (Saguinus Oedipus)

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Neiworth ◽  
Eric Steinmark ◽  
Catherine Dehart ◽  
Frances Steely
Keyword(s):  
Object Permanence ◽  
Saguinus Oedipus
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