Birth and perinatal behaviour in family groups of the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus jacchus), compared to other primates

Stevenson, Miranda F.

doi:10.1016/0047-2484(76)90041-5

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“…Rylands found most carrying was by older group members in C. humeralifer also (Stevenson and Rylands, in press). These data are in contrast with captive data in which C. jacchus adolescents regularly carry young from the first day of infant's birth (Box, 1977;Ingram, 1977;Stevenson, 1976). In (captive) Leontopithecus juvenile animals share food both with newly weaned infants and with parents of newborn offspring (Brown and Mack, 19781, thus further sharing the burden of infant care among family members.…”

Section: Reproduction and Infant Carecontrasting

confidence: 54%

The ecological role of the callitrichidae: A review

Sussman

Kinzey

1984

American J Phys Anthropol

281

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The marmosets and tamarins fill a unique ecological role among the anthropoid primates, one that has not been fully recognized. Many misconceptions--that they are primitive, monogamous, territorial, and squirrellike--pervade the literature. These misconceptions are largely the result of misinterpreting laboratory studies which have not been confirmed with identified animals in natural habitats. Recent field studies, reviewed here, indicate that marmosets and tamarins have a highly derived ecological role, are not monogamous, feed largely on insects and plant exudates, and have uniquely specialized positional behavior involving clinging to vertical tree trunks in order to feed on exudates. Accompanying these behavioral traits are a number clawlike nails on all digits except the hallux, and a three-cusped upper molar morphology. These form a suite of characteristics unique among the living primates, many of which are related to their ecological role. We believe that the marmosets and tamarins are members of a guild of exudate feeders in which plant exudates are an important component of the diet. It is within this framework of a primate foraging guild that we can best understand many of their morphological and behavioral adaptations.

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Section: Reproduction and Infant Carecontrasting

confidence: 54%

The ecological role of the callitrichidae: A review

Sussman

Kinzey

1984

American J Phys Anthropol

281

199

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“…The five-stage classification given by STEVENSON (1976) was adopted to describe the stages of birth: Stage 0: a preliminary restless stage before the start of abdominal contractions; Stage 1 : the period from the onset of contractions to the appearance of the first infant; Stage 2: expulsion of the infants; Stage 3: the period from the emergence of the last infant to the expulsion of the fused placenta; and Stage 4: placentophagia.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Among the Callitrichidae (the marmosets and tamarins), extensive information is available only for the common marmoset Callithrixjacchus (ROTHE, 1973(ROTHE, , 1974(ROTHE, , 1975(ROTHE, , 1977STEVENSON, 1976). Although WENDT (1964), FESS (1975), andADLER (1988) give brief descriptions of births in captive cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus), this paper presents the first detailed account of birth and perinatal behaviour in this species.…”

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confidence: 97%

Parturition and perinatal behaviour in captive cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)

Price

1990

Primates

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ABSTRACT. Fourteen births to seven female cotton-top tamarins in a successful breeding colony were observed. All births occurred between 17:50 and 20:40. Behavioural changes indicating the onset of labour are described. Delivery was usually accomplished rapidly, with short intervals between successive infants. One suspected and one verified breech presentation occurred; these deliveries were accompanied by a marked increase in the duration of the interval between infants, and one infant apparently died during expulsion. All other presentations seen were vertex occiput posterior. Fathers, and sometimes older offspring of both sexes, frequently shared with the mother in eating the placenta. Carrying of infants by individuals other than the mother was rare in the hour after birth, and was usually confined to fathers. One primipara rejected her second-born infant, but all other parents showed competent parental behaviour from birth onwards. The results are compared to data from other primates, and their relevance to the successful breeding of this species is discussed.

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“…We add that head-cocking is the fixation of an object in the binocular visual field while rotating the head to various degrees, often when the animal is in a sitting or propped posture so that the rotation is about the rostro-caudal axis of the head itself rather than the body. Head-cocking has been described for the common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus (Stevenson, 1976), but it is by no means unique to this species. It has been observed in other Callitrichidae, Saguinus oedipus and S. fuscicollis, Leontopithecus rosalia (Menzel & Menzel, 1980), and also in prosimians, Galago moholi and Otolemur garnettii (Cantalupo, McCain, & Ward, 2002;Rogers, Stafford, & Ward, 1993), squirrel monkeys, Saimiri sciureus (Rumbaugh, 1968), talapoin monkeys, Miopithecus talapoin (Wolfheim & Rowell, 1972) and even in birds such as owls and nightjars (i.e., in avian species with large binocular fields; Martin, 1990;Payne, 1971).…”

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Head‐cocking as a form of exploration in the common marmoset and its development

Kaplan

Rogers

2006

Developmental Psychobiology

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Head-cocking of 15 infant marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) was scored from Day 1 to 60 of postnatal life, the growth period with overproduction of interneuronal synapses. Head-cocking was scored during four 30 min intervals daily, including angle of head-cocking and objects being fixated. Mean age of onset of head-cocking was Day 13 (+/-1.3) and frequency increased to a fixed rate by Day 24-29, at the time of maturation of the foveal representation in layer 6 of the visual cortex, thus lending further support to the importance of head-cocking to visual processing. The most common distance of objects fixated during head-cocking was up to .5 m. Angle of head-cocking increased with age, and some asymmetry of direction was noted. Fewer head-cocking events occurred in the morning than in the afternoon. We also scored anogenital licking of offspring. Head-cocking occurred at higher levels in marmosets receiving more anogenital licking. As this was associated positively with increased exploration, head-cocking may be regarded as an exploratory behavior.

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Birth and perinatal behaviour in family groups of the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus jacchus), compared to other primates

Cited by 32 publications

References 26 publications

The ecological role of the callitrichidae: A review

The ecological role of the callitrichidae: A review

Parturition and perinatal behaviour in captive cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)

Head‐cocking as a form of exploration in the common marmoset and its development

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