Vocabulary Flashcards
Combative
Agnostic
The most dominant adult male in a rhesus group
Alpha male
Voluntary surrender of space or possessions, ignored by the receiver
Avoidance
Vigorous up and down movement of the entire body as a specific display
Bounce
Locomotion by arm-swinging
Brachiation
A violent display in which the actor calls attention to himself by vigorously shaking a tree limb or cage wall
Branchshake
The time of year when subject animals are sexually active
Breeding season
An extension of the oral cavity produced by the herniation of the buccinator muscles
Cheek pouches
Alliance of several animals for joint action
Coalition
Members of the same species
Conspecifics
An animal that performs the set of roles associated with alpha status in macaques
Control animal
A defensive or subordinate quadrupedal posture with body and legs partly flexed
Crouch
Stereotyped series of motor actions and body alterations that has emotional and communicative functions
Display
The ability to intimidate others
Dominance
Adjustment of a species to a particular environment
Adaptation
An attempt by an animal to acquire the support of a second animal against a third
Enlist
Anatomical, behavioral, and endocrine changes associated with cyclic changes in reproductive status
Estrous cycle
The study of animal behavior
Ethology
The subject animal on which the observer concentrates his attention
Focal Animal
Up and down movement of the head and shoulders
Forebob
Period of prenatal development between conception and birth
Gestation
Up and down movement of the head
Headbob
Area utilized by a troop
Home range
Thick, callous pads overlying the ischial tuberosities (buttocks) in some anthropoids
Ischial callosities
Rapid opening and closing of the mouth
Lipsmack
North, Central, and South America
New World
A proposal of no difference or no effect
Null hypothesis
A female who has never given birth
Nulliparous
Europe, Africa, and Asia
Old World
Japanese term equivalent to troop. A stable, organized group of primates
Oikia
Development and growth of an individual
Ontogeny
Playing alongside, but not with, another animal
Parallel play
On the margins or outlying areas of the troop
Peripheral
Chemical substance produced by an animal, which acts as a signal in communication
Pheromone
To offer part of one’s body to another animal
Present
A female who has had only one infant
Primiparous
Rank order position in a status hierarchy
Rank
The performance of an interrelated, predictable set of behaviors that appear to have functional organization
Role
Deposition of odoriferous substances on an object or animal
Scent-marking
The differences between male and female of a particular species
Sexual dimorphism
Skin patch found in some primates (usually female) which exhibits color or physical changes that reflect reproductive status
Sexual skin
Brothers and sisters
Sib Clusters
The stable organization of dominance relationships or habitual patterns of conflict resolution among members of a group
Status hierarchy
Consistent in form
Stereotyped
Persistent repetition of senseless acts or movements
Stereotypy
The loser of a social conflict
Subordinate
Forceful taking of another animal’s possessions or space
Supplantation
Relating to the sense of touch
Tactile
Living on the ground
Terrestrial
An area (usually within a home range) to which a troop has exclusive claims, often established by defending it against intruders
Territory
A stable group that represents the largest tightly organized unit of a primate society
Troop
Swelling
Tumescence
A mother and her offspring
Uterine group
