Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2013, 61(6), 1653-1659 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201361061653

Social relationships existing among gelada (Theropithecus gelada) males in the Zoo Zlín

©árka Hanuláková, Ladislav Máchal, Pavlína Hloucalová, Roman Horský, Gustav Chládek
Department of Animal Breeding, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

This study was focused on the monitoring of behaviour and complex social relationships existing among gelada (Theropithecus gelada) monkeys. The study involved a group of five males that were raised in captivity in the Zoo Zlín - Leąná. Ethological monitoring was performed by means of photographing of the group behaviour of these animals. Studied were the basic forms of social behaviour, i.e. food collection (foraging), free movement, (locomotion) observing of the neighbourhood (watching), grooming, climbing on trees, playing, aggressive behaviour (fighting), and resting. The temporary point of view, foraging was the most important time-consuming activity (55.3 ± 2.0 % of the study time); its maximum frequencies occurred in time intervals of 9 and 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m.. The second place was occupied by the locomotion (15.3 ± 4.1 % of the study time) and its maximum frequencies were recorded between 9 and 11 a.m. and between 2 and 3 p.m. Grooming was the third most important activity (8.5 ± 4.8 % of the study time). The distribution of periods of rest (7.5 ± 3.1 % of the study time) was relatively uniform and its maxima were observed between 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Observing of the neighbourhood and climbing on trees occupied 5.6 ± 3.3 % and 3.6 ± 3.0 % of the time, respectively and playing was the least frequent activity (2.2 ± 9.0 % of the study time), similarly as the aggressive behaviour (2.0 ± 23.0 % of the study time).

Keywords: gelada, Theropithecus gelada, behaviour, grooming, playing, aggressivity, interspecies communication
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This study was supported from financial means of the grant project of the Faculty of Agronomy MENDELU, IGA TP 2/2013.

Received: August 28, 2013; Published: November 24, 2013  Show citation

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Hanuláková, ©., Máchal, L., Hloucalová, P., Horský, R., & Chládek, G. (2013). Social relationships existing among gelada (Theropithecus gelada) males in the Zoo Zlín. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 61(6), 1653-1659. doi: 10.11118/actaun201361061653
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