Interspecies sexual behaviour between a male Japanese macaque and female sika deer
International audience Interspecies sexual behaviour or ‘reproductiveinterference’ has been reported across a wide range ofanimal taxa. However, most of these occurrences wereobserved in phylogenetically close species and weremainly discussed in terms of their effect on fitness,hybridization and spe...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10670/1.8ryps3 2023-05-15T17:03:56+02:00 Interspecies sexual behaviour between a male Japanese macaque and female sika deer Pelé, Marie Bonnefoy, Alexandre Shimada, Masaki Sueur, Cédric Ethobiosciences Issekinicho Editions Department of Animal Sciences Teikyo University of Science Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie (DEPE-IPHC) Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC) Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2017-01-01 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-016-0593-4 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01444610 en eng HAL CCSD Springer Verlag hal-01444610 doi:10.1007/s10329-016-0593-4 10670/1.8ryps3 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01444610 undefined Hyper Article en Ligne - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société ISSN: 0032-8332 EISSN: 1016-7365 Primates Primates, Springer Verlag, 2017, 58 (2), pp.275-278. ⟨10.1007/s10329-016-0593-4⟩ Primate Sexual harassment Heterospecific mating Macaca fuscata yakui Reproductive interference envir archeo Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2017 fttriple https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-016-0593-4 2023-01-22T18:03:09Z International audience Interspecies sexual behaviour or ‘reproductiveinterference’ has been reported across a wide range ofanimal taxa. However, most of these occurrences wereobserved in phylogenetically close species and weremainly discussed in terms of their effect on fitness,hybridization and species survival. The few cases ofheterospecific mating in distant species occurred betweenanimals that were bred and maintained in captivity. Onlyone scientific study has reported this phenomenon,describing sexual harassment of king penguins by anAntarctic fur seal. This is the first article to report matingbehaviour between a male Japanese macaque (Macacafuscata yakui) and female sika deer (Cervus nipponyakushimae) on Yakushima Island, Japan. Although Japanesemacaques are known to ride deer, this individualshowed clearly sexual behaviour towards several femaledeer, some of which tried to escape whilst others acceptedthe mount. This male seems to belong to a group ofperipheral males. Although this phenomenon may beexplained as copulation learning, this is highly unlikely.The most realistic hypothesis would be that of matedeprivation, which states that males with limited access tofemales are more likely to display this behaviour. Whateverthe cause for this event may be, the observation ofhighly unusual animal behaviour may be a key to understandingthe evolution of heterospecific mating behaviourin the animal kingdom. Article in Journal/Newspaper King Penguins Unknown Primates 58 2 275 278 |
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International audience Interspecies sexual behaviour or ‘reproductiveinterference’ has been reported across a wide range ofanimal taxa. However, most of these occurrences wereobserved in phylogenetically close species and weremainly discussed in terms of their effect on fitness,hybridization and species survival. The few cases ofheterospecific mating in distant species occurred betweenanimals that were bred and maintained in captivity. Onlyone scientific study has reported this phenomenon,describing sexual harassment of king penguins by anAntarctic fur seal. This is the first article to report matingbehaviour between a male Japanese macaque (Macacafuscata yakui) and female sika deer (Cervus nipponyakushimae) on Yakushima Island, Japan. Although Japanesemacaques are known to ride deer, this individualshowed clearly sexual behaviour towards several femaledeer, some of which tried to escape whilst others acceptedthe mount. This male seems to belong to a group ofperipheral males. Although this phenomenon may beexplained as copulation learning, this is highly unlikely.The most realistic hypothesis would be that of matedeprivation, which states that males with limited access tofemales are more likely to display this behaviour. Whateverthe cause for this event may be, the observation ofhighly unusual animal behaviour may be a key to understandingthe evolution of heterospecific mating behaviourin the animal kingdom. |
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Ethobiosciences Issekinicho Editions Department of Animal Sciences Teikyo University of Science Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie (DEPE-IPHC) Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC) Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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Interspecies sexual behaviour between a male Japanese macaque and female sika deer |
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Interspecies sexual behaviour between a male Japanese macaque and female sika deer |
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Interspecies sexual behaviour between a male Japanese macaque and female sika deer |
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Interspecies sexual behaviour between a male Japanese macaque and female sika deer |
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Interspecies sexual behaviour between a male Japanese macaque and female sika deer |
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interspecies sexual behaviour between a male japanese macaque and female sika deer |
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