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Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Combative

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Agnostic

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The most dominant adult male in a rhesus group

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Alpha male

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Voluntary surrender of space or possessions, ignored by the receiver

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Avoidance

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Vigorous up and down movement of the entire body as a specific display

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Bounce

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5
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Locomotion by arm-swinging

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Brachiation

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A violent display in which the actor calls attention to himself by vigorously shaking a tree limb or cage wall

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Branchshake

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7
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The time of year when subject animals are sexually active

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Breeding season

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An extension of the oral cavity produced by the herniation of the buccinator muscles

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Cheek pouches

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9
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Alliance of several animals for joint action

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Coalition

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10
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Members of the same species

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Conspecifics

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11
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An animal that performs the set of roles associated with alpha status in macaques

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Control animal

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A defensive or subordinate quadrupedal posture with body and legs partly flexed

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Crouch

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13
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Stereotyped series of motor actions and body alterations that has emotional and communicative functions

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Display

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14
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The ability to intimidate others

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Dominance

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15
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Adjustment of a species to a particular environment

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Adaptation

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16
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An attempt by an animal to acquire the support of a second animal against a third

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Enlist

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17
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Anatomical, behavioral, and endocrine changes associated with cyclic changes in reproductive status

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Estrous cycle

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18
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The study of animal behavior

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Ethology

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19
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The subject animal on which the observer concentrates his attention

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Focal Animal

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20
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Up and down movement of the head and shoulders

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Forebob

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21
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Period of prenatal development between conception and birth

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Gestation

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22
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Up and down movement of the head

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Headbob

23
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Area utilized by a troop

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Home range

24
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Thick, callous pads overlying the ischial tuberosities (buttocks) in some anthropoids

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Ischial callosities

25
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Rapid opening and closing of the mouth

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Lipsmack

26
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North, Central, and South America

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New World

27
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A proposal of no difference or no effect

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Null hypothesis

28
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A female who has never given birth

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Nulliparous

29
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Europe, Africa, and Asia

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Old World

30
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Japanese term equivalent to troop. A stable, organized group of primates

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Oikia

31
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Development and growth of an individual

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Ontogeny

32
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Playing alongside, but not with, another animal

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Parallel play

33
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On the margins or outlying areas of the troop

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Peripheral

34
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Chemical substance produced by an animal, which acts as a signal in communication

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Pheromone

35
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To offer part of one’s body to another animal

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Present

36
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A female who has had only one infant

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Primiparous

37
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Rank order position in a status hierarchy

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Rank

38
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The performance of an interrelated, predictable set of behaviors that appear to have functional organization

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Role

39
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Deposition of odoriferous substances on an object or animal

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Scent-marking

40
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The differences between male and female of a particular species

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Sexual dimorphism

41
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Skin patch found in some primates (usually female) which exhibits color or physical changes that reflect reproductive status

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Sexual skin

42
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Brothers and sisters

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Sib Clusters

43
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The stable organization of dominance relationships or habitual patterns of conflict resolution among members of a group

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Status hierarchy

44
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Consistent in form

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Stereotyped

45
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Persistent repetition of senseless acts or movements

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Stereotypy

46
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The loser of a social conflict

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Subordinate

47
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Forceful taking of another animal’s possessions or space

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Supplantation

48
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Relating to the sense of touch

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Tactile

49
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Living on the ground

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Terrestrial

50
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An area (usually within a home range) to which a troop has exclusive claims, often established by defending it against intruders

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Territory

51
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A stable group that represents the largest tightly organized unit of a primate society

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Troop

52
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Swelling

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Tumescence

53
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A mother and her offspring

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Uterine group

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