The macaque connection: Cooperation and conflict between humans and macaques
The macaque connection: Cooperation and conflict between humans and macaques
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猕猴的联系：人类与猕猴之间的合作与冲突
DOI：
10.5860/choice.50-4438
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发表时间：
2013
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通讯作者：
A. Sinha
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作者：
S. Radhakrishna;M. Huffman;A. Sinha
在非人类灵长类动物中，猕猴在地理分布和对生态栖息地的适应性方面最为成功，它已经与现代人类密切接触了数千年，是唯一比现代人类更成功的灵长类动物。几个世纪以来的文学作品证明，猕猴一直是人类生活和想象力的固有组成部分。在与人类的互动中，猕猴扮演着多重角色，往往超越了分类的界限。它们往往同时是野生动物和家养宠物、有知觉的生物和实验对象、掠夺庄稼的害虫和宗教象征。在热带的许多地方，猕猴是人类社区的经济资源，因为它们通过旅游业和动物贸易提供肉类和金钱。同样，由于它们有掠夺作物和房屋的倾向，它们造成了很大的破坏，并带来了巨大的经济损失。最近引起警觉的一个原因是，由于与猕猴接触，人类可能会感染疾病。在整个亚洲，猕猴，也许比任何其他动物物种，更关注城市化的多个方面和物种的保护问题。
Most successful among the non-human primates in terms of geographical distribution and adaptability to ecological habitats, macaques have existed for many thousands of years in close contact with modern humans, the only primate more successful than them. Centuries-old literary works attest to the fact that macaques have always been an intrinsic part of human lives and imaginations. In their interactions with human, macaques play multiple roles that often transcend the boundaries of categorization. They are often, simultaneously, wildlife and domestic pets, sentient beings and experimental subjects, crop-raiding pests and religious symbols. In many parts of the tropics, macaques are an economic resource for human communities, as they provide meat and money through tourism and the animal trade. Equally, they cause much damage and bring about great economic losses due to their crop and house-raiding tendencies. A more recent cause for alarm has been the possibility of transmission of diseases to humans due to contact with macaques. Across Asia, macaques, perhaps more than any other animal species, exemplify the multiple facets of synurbization and the conservation problems of commensal species.