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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Struct Funct. 2017 May 9;222(9):3899–3914. doi: 10.1007/s00429-017-1441-z

Table 1.

Behavioral Ethogram (Bliss-Moreau, 2017)

Behavior Description
States
Close Social Interaction
  Extended Aggression Animals bite, slap, chase, or grab at each other
  Extended Contact Animals are in physical contact
  Extended Groom Examination, picking, or licking of another animal’s fur or body
  Extended Mount Any instance of mounting
  Extended Play Continuous rough and tumble play and/or play threats, including playful chase
  Proximity Zone Focal animal is within the marked rectangle in front of the stimulus cage
  Proximity Focal animal is directly in front of the constrained animal
Non-Social States
  Nonsocial Activity Animal remains out of all social states and Is locomotive with head up, actively engaged in the environment
  Nonsocial Stationary Animal remains out of all social states and Is non-locomotive with head up, actively engaged in the environment
  Nonsocial Inactivity Animal remains out of all social states with head down, not engaged in environment, often staring off into space
  Extended Stereotypy Focal animal is engaged in repetitive self-directed or motor stereotypic behavior
Events
Communicative Signaling
Affiliative
  Approach Intentional movement within arm’s reach of another animal
  Accept Approach Animal remains within arm’s reach after the other animal approaches
  Anogenital Exploration Oral, visual, olfactory, or manual exploration of the other animals anogenital area
  Contact Physical contact between animals that is not aggressive
  Coo Clear, soft sounds, moderate in pitch and intensity; usually sounds like “whoooooo”
  Follow Intentional follow of another animal
  Groom Examination, picking, or licking of another animal’s fur or body
  Grunt Deep, muffled, low-intensity vocalization
  Girney Quiet, nasal whine, usually emitted during affiliative encounters
  Lipsmack Rapid lip movements with pursed or puckered lips, usually accompanied by smacking sounds
  Huddle Physical contact that involves one animal ventrally touching another animal
  Jaw-Thrust Rapid lipsmack and grimace and/or brow raise usually seen while the animal walks by or approaches and then leaves quickly
  Joint Threat Both animals threaten observer in unison
  Mount Mount that includes all of the following components: appropriate positioning of partner, hands on back, double foot clasp
  Mount Attempt Any component of a mouth that is attempted through the metal grille
  Present Groom Intentional, exaggerated presentation of a part of body to another animal
  Present Neck Presentation of neck to another animal
  Present Rump Rigid posture with rump and tail elevated and oriented toward another individual
  Threat-Solicitation Animal recruits the other animal in threatening the observer or another animal
Agonistic/“Aggression”
  Aggression Grabbing, slapping, and biting of another animal
  Aggressive Grunt Low-pitched guttural sound, accompanied by a threat
  Alarm Bark Short, sharp sound
  Cage Shake Vigorous shaking of cage, or body slam against bars
  Crooktail Tail held up stiff in a “?” shape
  Displacement Physical movement in which an animal “takes the place” of another animal
  Muzzle Contact
  Threat Contains one or more of the following components: open mouth stare, head bobbing, ear flaps, bark vocalizations, or lunges
Submission/“Fear”
  Avoid Animal leaves the area when the other animal comes near or is about to approach
  Grimace Exaggerated movement of lips such that lips are pulled back with teeth showing
  Flee Rapid, intentional movement away from another animal
  Freeze Stiff body posture without any movement for more than three seconds
  Scream High-pitched vocalization, with extreme high intensity; sounds like “eeeeeeeeee”
Exploration
  Manual Exploration of the cage or environment with the hands
  Oral Exploration of the cage or environment with the mouth
Stress-Related
  Scratch Scratches own body
  Self-Groom Use of hands to pick through or lick a fur or non-fur body part
  Self-Shake Vigorous shaking of the body
  Tooth Grind Repetitive audible rubbing of upper and lower teeth
  Yawn Yawn
Other
  Self Sex Anogenital exploration of self
Stereotypic
  Self-Directed Repetitive behavior acted on self, including: repetitive swaying back and forth, covering hand over eye or eye pokes, unusual holding of body part or limb, biting at oneself, self-strumming
  Whole-Body Repetitive motor behavior including: back flipping, hopping, twirling, swinging, or undirected movement with the same path repeated
  Heat Twist Animal twists neck in a dramatic display

Note that a number of codes were not scored in the current study, since they represent social interaction with other monkeys.