Food sharing in black lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysopygus)

Begging, Stealing, and Offering: Food Transfer in Nonhuman Primates

“…Feistner & Chamove, 1986;Feistner & Price, 1990;Roush & Snowdon, 2001 Black lion tamarin, Leo. chrysopygus C Feistner & Price, 2000 Golden lion tamarin, Leontopithecus rosalia C Brown & Mack, 1978;Hoage, 1982;Price & Feistner, 1993;Rapaport, 1999FR Ruiz-Miranda et al, 1999 Pygmy marmoset, Owl monkey, Aotus trivirgatus father > mother 1, 1 Wright, 1984 Dusky titi monkey, Callicebus moloch father > mother 1,1 Wright, 1984 Yellow-handed titi monkey, C. torquatus father > sibling > mother 1,1,1 Starin, 1978 …”

“…In both cases, begging is predicted to decline as infants become better able to forage for themselves, although the time course may depend upon the food items involved, with difficult-to-process items continuing to be transferred to offspring until a later age. In fact, surprisingly little is known about the development of independent feeding in primates (Nicolson, 1986;Feistner and Price, 2000). However, in captive callitrichid primates, both begging and provisioning peak around the time of weaning (10-14 weeks), while food items such as large insects continue to be transferred until a later age (Hoage, 1982;Feistner and Price, 1990;Price and Feistner, 2001).…”

“…However, in captive callitrichid primates, both begging and provisioning peak around the time of weaning (10-14 weeks), while food items such as large insects continue to be transferred until a later age (Hoage, 1982;Feistner and Price, 1990;Price and Feistner, 2001). Begging success appears to remain relatively constant during the transition to independent feeding (Feistner and Price, 2000;Price and Feistner, 2001), suggesting that adults respond directly to the begging levels of infants. The prediction therefore appears to be upheld in callitrichids, suggesting that provisioning may play an important role in the successful transition of infants through weaning in these species.…”

When Dads Help: Male Behavioral Care During Primate Infant Development

“…Infants start to explore, manipulate, and fi nally consume solid food during their second month of life in both captive and wild populations. Food sharing with infants, in both captive and wild owl monkeys (Rotundo et al 2005 ;Wolovich et al 2006Wolovich et al , 2007Wolovich et al , 2008 , is not as frequent as it is among the callitrichines (Feistner and Price 2000 ;Huck et al 2004 ;Porter 2001 ;Price and Feistner 2001 ). It also appears to be less frequent than in wild titi monkeys ( Callicebus torquatus ), where it was observed with a frequency of 0.08 begging events/h, mainly directed toward the male and less often to an older juvenile or the mother (Starin 1978 ) .…”

Developmental changes in food transfers in cotton‐top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)

“…Roush and Snowdon [2001] demonstrated how group members vocalized during successful food transfers but their study was cross-sectional and not longitudinal. Feistner and Price [2000] and Price and Feistner [2001] did longitudinal studies of food transfers in black lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysopygus) and pied barefaced tamarins (Saguinus b. bicolor) but no studies have examined both food transfer behavior and adult vocalizations developmentally, which is what we set out to do.…”