Uso de ferramentas por Cebus Apella (Linnaeus) (Primates, Cebidae) para obtenção de larvas de coleoptera que parasitam sementes de syagrus romanzoffianum (Cham.) Glassm. (Arecaceae)

Rocha, Vlamir José; Reis, Nelio Roberto dos; Sekiama, Margareth Lumy

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751998000400012

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This paper reports the behavior of the black capped capuchin monkey, Cebus apella, using tools to break seeds of Syagrus romanzoffianum in search of coleoptera larvae that live inside. The study area was the Parque Municipal Arthur Thomas (85,47 ha) located in the city of Londrina, Paraná state. In one year of study, using the ad libitum method, the monkeys were observed using rocks pretty much in the same way as if they were hammer and anvil. Individuais of both sexes including adults, subadults and juveniles with more than two years of age, were involved in such activity. The behavior of the animais consisted of they place the seeds on a large rock in the ground, and using a smaller rock which was hold among the hands, the seeds were beaten repeatedly until breaking. Then they ate the larvae and/or endosperm. The use of tools is thought to have brought benefits to the animais by allowing the access to a source of food that would not normally be used.

Primate; Cebidae; Cebus apella; behavior

Uso de ferramentas por Cebus Apella (Linnaeus) (Primates, Cebidae) para obtenção de larvas de coleoptera que parasitam sementes de syagrus romanzoffianum (Cham.) Glassm. (Arecaceae)¹ 1 Contribuição número ??? do Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Tool use in Cebus apella (Linnaeus) (Primate, Cebidae) to get coleoptera larvae tiiat parasite seeds of Syagrus romanzoffianum (Cham.) glassm. (Arecaceae)

Vlamir José Rocha^I; Nelio Roberto dos Reis^II; Margareth Lumy Sekiama^I

^ICurso de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil

^IIDepartamento de Biologia Animal e Vegetal, Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Caixa postal 6001, 86051-970 Londrina, Paraná, Brasil

ABSTRACT

This paper reports the behavior of the black capped capuchin monkey, Cebus apella, using tools to break seeds of Syagrus romanzoffianum in search of coleoptera larvae that live inside. The study area was the Parque Municipal Arthur Thomas (85,47 ha) located in the city of Londrina, Paraná state. In one year of study, using the ad libitum method, the monkeys were observed using rocks pretty much in the same way as if they were hammer and anvil. Individuais of both sexes including adults, subadults and juveniles with more than two years of age, were involved in such activity. The behavior of the animais consisted of they place the seeds on a large rock in the ground, and using a smaller rock which was hold among the hands, the seeds were beaten repeatedly until breaking. Then they ate the larvae and/or endosperm. The use of tools is thought to have brought benefits to the animais by allowing the access to a source of food that would not normally be used.

Key words: Primate, Cebidae, Cebus apella, behavior.

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Recebido em 04.VII.1997; aceito em 03.XI.1998.

ALTMANN, J. 1974. Observational study of behavior sampling methods. Behaviour 49: 227-267.
ANDERSON, J.R. 1990. Use of objets as hammers to open nuts by capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Folia Primatol. 54: 138-145.
ANTINUCCI, F. & VISALBERGHI, E. 1986. Tool use in Cebus apella: A case study. Int. Jour. Primatol. 7: 351-363.
FERNANDES, M.E.B. 1991. Tool use and predation of oysters (Crassostrea rhizophorae) by the tufted capuchin, Cebus apella, in brackish water mangrove swamp. Primates 32 (4): 529-531.
GOODALL, J. 1965. Chimpanzees of the Gombe Stream Reserve, p.425-473. In: I. DEVORE (Ed.). Primate behavior New York, Holt Rinehart & Winston Inc., 654p.
IAPAR. 1994. Cartas climáticas do estado do Paraná 1994 Londrina, Iapar, 49p.
IZAWA, K. 1980. Social Behavior of the black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella). Primates 21 (4): 443-467.
IZAWA, K & A. MIZUNO. 1977. Palm fruit cracking behavior of wild black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella). Primates 18: 773-792.
RITCHIE, B. & D.M. FRAGASZY. 1989. A capuchin monkey (Cebus apella) use tools on her infant's wound. Amer. Jour. Primatol. 16: 345-348.
SILVA, F. 1994. Mamíferos silvestres - Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, 246p.
STRUHSAKER, T.T. & L. LELAND. 1977. Palm-nut smashing by Cebus apella in Colômbia. Biotrópica 9; (2) 124-126.
VISALBERGHI, E. 1987. Acquisition of nut-cracking behaviour by 2 capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Folia Primatol. 49: 168-181.
______. 1990. Tool use in Cebus. Folia Primatol. 54: 146-154.
VISALBERGHI, E. & F. ANTINUCCI. 1986. Tool use in the exploitation of food resources in Cebus apella, p.57-62. In: J.G. Else & P.C. Lee (Eds). Primate Ecology and Conservation Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 393p.
WESTERGAARD, G.C. & D.M. FRAGASZY. 1987. The manufacture and use of tools by capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Jour. Comp. Psychl. 101: 159-168.

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Contribuição número ??? do Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná.

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[1] ALTMANN, J. 1974. Observational study of behavior sampling methods. Behaviour 49: 227-267.

[2] ANDERSON, J.R. 1990. Use of objets as hammers to open nuts by capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Folia Primatol. 54: 138-145.

[3] ANTINUCCI, F. & VISALBERGHI, E. 1986. Tool use in Cebus apella: A case study. Int. Jour. Primatol. 7: 351-363.

[4] FERNANDES, M.E.B. 1991. Tool use and predation of oysters (Crassostrea rhizophorae) by the tufted capuchin, Cebus apella, in brackish water mangrove swamp. Primates 32 (4): 529-531.

[5] GOODALL, J. 1965. Chimpanzees of the Gombe Stream Reserve, p.425-473. In: I. DEVORE (Ed.). Primate behavior New York, Holt Rinehart & Winston Inc., 654p.

[6] IAPAR. 1994. Cartas climáticas do estado do Paraná 1994 Londrina, Iapar, 49p.

[7] IZAWA, K. 1980. Social Behavior of the black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella). Primates 21 (4): 443-467.

[8] IZAWA, K & A. MIZUNO. 1977. Palm fruit cracking behavior of wild black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella). Primates 18: 773-792.

[9] RITCHIE, B. & D.M. FRAGASZY. 1989. A capuchin monkey (Cebus apella) use tools on her infant's wound. Amer. Jour. Primatol. 16: 345-348.

[10] SILVA, F. 1994. Mamíferos silvestres - Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, 246p.

[11] STRUHSAKER, T.T. & L. LELAND. 1977. Palm-nut smashing by Cebus apella in Colômbia. Biotrópica 9; (2) 124-126.

[12] VISALBERGHI, E. 1987. Acquisition of nut-cracking behaviour by 2 capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Folia Primatol. 49: 168-181.

[13] ______. 1990. Tool use in Cebus. Folia Primatol. 54: 146-154.

[14] VISALBERGHI, E. & F. ANTINUCCI. 1986. Tool use in the exploitation of food resources in Cebus apella, p.57-62. In: J.G. Else & P.C. Lee (Eds). Primate Ecology and Conservation Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 393p.

[15] WESTERGAARD, G.C. & D.M. FRAGASZY. 1987. The manufacture and use of tools by capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Jour. Comp. Psychl. 101: 159-168.

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Tool use in Cebus apella (Linnaeus) (Primate, Cebidae) to get coleoptera larvae tiiat parasite seeds of Syagrus romanzoffianum (Cham.) glassm. (Arecaceae)

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