Articles | Volume 4, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/pb-4-127-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Short communication
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26 Jun 2017
Short communication |
| 26 Jun 2017
Fur-rubbing with Piper leaves in the San Martín titi monkey, Callicebus oenanthe
Abstract. We report observations on fur-rubbing with leaves from Piper aduncum by a San Martín titi monkey, Callicebus oenanthe. Fur-rubbing occurred during the transition from the dry to the rainy season in a titi monkey group living in a forest fragment in the Moyobamba region of Peru. Since Piper leaves include very potent compounds that may affect ectoparasites, we tentatively interpret the observed fur-rubbing as self-medication.
