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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Primatol. 2020 Dec 10;50(1):51–59. doi: 10.1111/jmp.12505

TABLE 1.

Descriptive ethogram of the observed behaviors

Behavior Definition
Aggression
 Open mouth stare Unwavering gaze with widening of the eyes and mouth open
 Head bob Abrupt lowering of the head while staring at another individual
 Brow flash Staring with exaggerated raising and release of the eyebrows
 Ear flaps Staring while quickly pulling the ears forward and then releasing them
 Lunge Jump quickly at another individual
 Slap Hitting or striking another individual, contact is brief
 Push Shoving another individual, with hands, away from their present location. Contact is brief.
 Chase Running threateningly after the recipient
 Wrestle/Grapple Prolonged physical contact with another individual where one animal attempts to restrain or restrict the other’s movement
 Pin Holding an animal to the ground for at least 3 seconds
 Bite Physical contact involving the teeth
Affiliation
 Groom Picking, scraping, spreading, mouth picking, or licking of a monkey’s hair or skin for at least 5 seconds
 Huddle Motionless contact between two individuals for at least 5 seconds; does not count if tails are the only body part touching
 Proximity Remaining within arm’s length of another individual without touching for at least 5 seconds
Sexual
 Mount A male monkey grabs the hind legs of another monkey with his own feet and places his hands on the lower back of the recipient, thus hoisting himself off the ground; must include deliberate thrusting
 Solicitation Can be displayed as head bobs, hand slaps, jaw thrusts, lipsmacking, crouching, enlisting, presenting, or otherwise flirting
 Hip Touch A male is seen to touch the hips of the subject in as if to position themselves for a mount. This may or may not be done in response to a present and may or may not be followed by a mount