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Development of heterosexual relationships in wied's black tufted‐ear marmosets (Callithrix kuhli)

Schaffner, Colleen M., Shepherd, Rebecca E., Santos, Cristina V., French, Jeffrey A.·1995·American Journal of Primatology

Abstract

In tamarins and marmosets, long-term stable sociosexual relationships are formed between heterosexual adults, but these "monogamous" relationships are often formed in groups that contain multiple adults of both sexes. The patterning of interactions during pair formation may therefore be shaped by this demographic profile. We evaluated the development of sociosexual relationships in six captive pairs of Wied's black tufted-ear marmosets (Callithrix kuhli) during the 80 days from the initial day of pairing. Social behavior, sexual behavior and activity profiles were recorded. Social behaviors, including allogrooming, grooming solicitation, and intragroup monitoring calls, increased across the four 20-day time blocks. Males were more responsible than females for maintaining intrapair proximity during the first 40 days of pairing. Females and males were equally responsible for intrapair proximity maintenance after this time. The highest rates of sexual behavior, including copulation and proceptive open mouth displays, occurred upon pairing and then decreased non-significantly over time. The results indicate that sexual relationships in callitrichid primates are not dependent on the prior existence of a social relationship between males and females. Higher rates of copulation, greater male responsibility for proximity maintenance, and male initiative in sexual interactions early in pairing are consistent with a male reproductive strategy in which male-male competition may be commo…

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  • Marmosets are a highly social, cooperatively breeding New World primate that readily form and maintain long-term male-female relationships.

    “Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) are a highly social, cooperatively breeding New World primate that readily form and maintain long-term male-female relationships (Digby, 1995; Schaffner et al., 1995; Ågmo et al., 2012), and exhibit biparental and alloparental infant care (da Silva Mota et al., 2006).”

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  • Marmosets belong to a clade of New World primates with diverse socially monogamous mating strategies, including high levels of sociality with a pair-mate, avoidance of a potential mate in the presence of a pair-mate, and aggressive responses to potential same-sex rivals.

    “Marmosets (genus Callithrix) belong to a clade of New World primates (marmosets and tamarins) with a diverse set of socially monogamous mating strategies, including high levels of sociality with a pair-mate (Schaffner et al., 1995), avoidance of a potential mate in the presence of a pair-mate (Evans, 1983; Inglett et al., 1990), and aggressive responses to potential same-sex rivals (Ross et al., 2”
  • Marmosets form and maintain sociosexual relationships between males and females.

    “Like the socially monogamous prairie vole, marmosets form and maintain sociosexual relationships between males and females (Digby, 1995; Schaffner et al., 1995).”

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Authors
Schaffner, C. M., Shepherd, R. E., Santos, C. V., & French, J. A.
Affiliations
University of Nebraska at Omaha (US)
Corresponding author
Schaffner, Colleen M.
Venue
American Journal of Primatology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1995-01
Volume
36
Issue
3
Pages
185-200
ISSN
  • 0275-2565 (ISSN-L)
  • 1098-2345
OpenAlex
W2147540198
Cited by
67
References
46
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 3
FWCI
6.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • American Journal of Primatology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Keywords
pair formation, monogamy, male reproductive strategies, male-male competition, copulation, allogrooming, social behavior, sexual behavior

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