Tail coiling behaviour around conspecific’s body during fur rubbing in white-faced capuchins

Capuchins select certain plants to rub their pelage, a behaviour that can be both solitary, or collective. When rubbing their fur in body contact of conspecifics, capuchins sometimes coil their semi-prehensile tail around the body of the capuchin(s) in contact. However, the underlying mechanisms of...

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Main Authors: Hélène Meunier, Jean-Louis Deneubourg, Odile Petit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société Francophone de Primatologie 2019-07-01
Series:Revue de Primatologie
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/primatologie/3714