Infant adoptions in wild bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata)

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作   者：

Anand Ashvita;  Balakrishna Nagarathna;  Singh Mewa;  Isbell Lynne A.;  Sirigeri Sindhuja;  Saikia Anushka;  Arlet Małgorzata E.; 

作者机构：

Jagiellonian University;  University of California;  Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań;  Zoo Outreach Organization; 

关键词：

Sex;  Mother’s rank;  Bonnet macaque;  Adoption;  Age; 

期刊名称：

Primates

i s s n：

0032-8332

年卷期：

2022 年 63 卷 6 期

页   码：

627-635

页   码：

摘   要：

Abstract Though uncommon, adoption of orphaned infants has been observed in both wild and captive non-human primates. In two groups of wild bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata), we observed five instances of infants being cared for after they lost their mothers at a pre-weaning age (< 6 months). Orphaned infants had one or more caregivers (juvenile, subadult, and adult female or male) involved in carrying, grooming, hugging, and protecting them. Adoption did not appear to be related to the age/sex class of the infant, or directly to the mother’s rank. Although the dominance rank of the mother of an orphaned infant did not have a direct effect on orphan survivorship, it determined the number of caregivers available to the orphaned infant, and infant survivorship was positively related to the number of caregivers of the orphaned infant. Thus, survivorship was likely a function of the mother’s sociality. Two other infants born to high-ranking mothers were also adopted by more individuals and survived longer than the infants of low-ranking mothers.