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Fur rubbing in Plecturocebus cupreus – an incidence of self-medication?

Fur rubbing, i.e. rubbing a substance or an object into the pelage, has been described in numerous Neotropical primate species, including species of titi monkeys, but it seems to be a rare behaviour. Here we describe a fur rubbing event in a wild coppery titi monkey (Plecturocebus cupreus) with Psyc...

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Autores principales: Theara, Gurjit K., Ruíz Macedo, Juan, Zárate Gómez, Ricardo, Heymann, Eckhard W., Dolotovskaya, Sofya
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Copernicus GmbH 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9128366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35620359
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/pb-9-7-2022
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author Theara, Gurjit K.
Ruíz Macedo, Juan
Zárate Gómez, Ricardo
Heymann, Eckhard W.
Dolotovskaya, Sofya
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description Fur rubbing, i.e. rubbing a substance or an object into the pelage, has been described in numerous Neotropical primate species, including species of titi monkeys, but it seems to be a rare behaviour. Here we describe a fur rubbing event in a wild coppery titi monkey (Plecturocebus cupreus) with Psychotria sp. (Rubiaceae) leaves observed and videotaped during a field study on vigilance behaviour between September–December 2019 in the Peruvian Amazon. Plants of the genus Psychotria contain a great diversity of secondary metabolites and are often used in traditional medicine. We suggest that the fur rubbing was an act of self-medication. This is the first record of fur rubbing in coppery titi monkeys in almost 4400 h of observation accumulated over more than 20 years.
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spelling pubmed-91283662022-05-25 Fur rubbing in Plecturocebus cupreus – an incidence of self-medication? Theara, Gurjit K. Ruíz Macedo, Juan Zárate Gómez, Ricardo Heymann, Eckhard W. Dolotovskaya, Sofya Primate Biol Research Article Fur rubbing, i.e. rubbing a substance or an object into the pelage, has been described in numerous Neotropical primate species, including species of titi monkeys, but it seems to be a rare behaviour. Here we describe a fur rubbing event in a wild coppery titi monkey (Plecturocebus cupreus) with Psychotria sp. (Rubiaceae) leaves observed and videotaped during a field study on vigilance behaviour between September–December 2019 in the Peruvian Amazon. Plants of the genus Psychotria contain a great diversity of secondary metabolites and are often used in traditional medicine. We suggest that the fur rubbing was an act of self-medication. This is the first record of fur rubbing in coppery titi monkeys in almost 4400 h of observation accumulated over more than 20 years. Copernicus GmbH 2022-05-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9128366/ /pubmed/35620359 http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/pb-9-7-2022 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Gurjit K. Theara et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Fur rubbing in Plecturocebus cupreus – an incidence of self-medication?
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title_short Fur rubbing in Plecturocebus cupreus – an incidence of self-medication?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9128366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35620359
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/pb-9-7-2022
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