Anti-predator behavior of gelada baboons
Anti-predator behavior of gelada baboons
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DOI：
10.1007/bf02381374
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发表时间：
1996-10-01
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影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Bekele, A
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作者：
Iwamoto, T;Mori, A;Bekele, A
据观察，狒狒的反捕食者行为包括简单的飞行（即它们在受到潜在捕食者的惊吓后逃到悬崖上）。然而，最近在埃塞俄比亚阿尔西发现的狒狒种群中观察到了积极的反捕食行为。该种群表现出频繁的主动反击和对掠食者的严重围攻。雄性在平原上与家狗搏斗，并在悬崖上对豹子表现出系统性的围攻行为以将其赶走。这些积极的反捕食行为是关于狒狒的首次证实的报告，可能为了解狒狒适应高地栖息地的进化过程以及这一小型南方种群的起源提供有用的见解。
The anti-predator behavior of gelada baboons has been observed to consist of simple flight (i.e. they flee to cliffs after becoming alarmed by potential predators). However, active antipredator behavior was observed in a recently found gelada population in Arsi, Ethiopia. This population showed frequent active counter-attacks and severe mobbing at predators. Males fought domestic dogs on the plain and exhibited a systematic mobbing behavior towards a leopard on the cliff face to chase it off. These active anti-predator behaviors are the first confirmed reports on gelada baboons and may provide a useful insight for the understanding of the process of evolutionary adaptation to highland habitats by gelada baboons, as well as for the origin of this small southern population.