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Species: Cercopithecidae

Use: General Activity 

Authors: Melanie Bunjes, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences

Methods: N/A

Publications/Presentations: N/A    

Inactive (I): Sitting, sleeping, lying down

Locomotion (L): Walking, running, brachiating, climbing, leaping 

Alarm/Anxiety/Excite (A): Piercing scream (mangabey), alarm call, chirp (m), shying away, submissive pose, bouncing all over cage, looking outward, distress wail (langur), scanning

Abnormal (Ab): Bizarre posture, stereotypical motor acts, appetitive disorders, sexual disorders, self mutilation  

Social Proximity (SP)

SP-Cohesive (SP-Co): Greet, sniff, greet/short embrace, long embrace, social groom, carrying, approach, screech (langur), lip smack (m), supplant

SP-Social Conflict (SP-Sc): Open-mouth threat, eye-lid flash, pose (m), display, supplant, bite tail, bite body, grab, lunge-charge, tongue flick (L), scream, throaty grumble (m), turn away, escape, herding 

SP-Play (SP-Pl): Wrestle, chase, mouthing, cackling (L), tease

SP-Sexual (SP-Sex): Present, a-o inspection, mount, copulate, ankle grab, hoot, masturbation, corner, herding

Solo Individual (I)

I-Food related (I-F): Eating, drinking, carry food, manipulate food

I-Manipulate (I-M): Object-inspect, finger, chew 

I-Play (I-Pl): Swinging, wrestle object, splashing (m), jump in water (m), jumping, hanging, toss/drag

I-Groom (I-Gr): Scratch, nibble, bite, picking, hair parting, self-inspection, licking