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    Development of a Wild Infant Woolly Monkey Social interactions, time allocation and behavior of a wild Lagothrix lagotricha poeppigii infant and her mother

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    The lowland woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha poeppigii), like all species of woolly monkey, is extremely threatened due to anthropologic activities such as deforestation, petroleum drilling and commercial hunting across their habitat. Due to their low reproductive rate and low reproductive success in captivity, the captive population is decreasing every year as habitat loss increases. In late February of 2017 an infant female was born on the island of Sumak Allpa, a monkey rehabilitation organization and reserve in the western Ecuadorian Amazon. The woolly monkeys are completely independent on the reserve; and as such her birth marks the first time a wild infant has been born in a rehabilitation center. In a 21-day study the time allocation of both the mother and infant were evaluated, as well as their social interactions with the individuals from two troops on the island, specifically the dominant male. Over the past year the two troops, one adult with one male and one juvenile with two, have been overlapping, and in recent months have fluctuated between two troops and a single troop. The father of the infant is assumed to be a sub-adult male as copulation has only been observed with him and adult females. This study found that at the age of two to three months the infant was eating solid food, continued to nurse, moved independent of the mother and used her prehensile tail regularly. The infant allocated the most time to resting and locomoting, and the mother to resting, moving and eating. The dominant male showed attraction to the infant and the mother, and appeared to have accepted the infant although he is likely not the father. This indicates that rehabilitation centers in wild environments may be an effective mode of repopulation and conservation for Lagothrix. \ Los chorongos (Lagothrix lagotricha poeppigii), como todas las especies de Lagothrix, est谩n extremadamente amenazados debido a actividades antropol贸gicas como la deforestaci贸n, el desarrollo de petr贸leo y la caza comercial en su h谩bitat nativo. Debido a su tasa reproductiva baja y 茅xito bajo de reproducci贸n en cautividad, la poblaci贸n cautiva est谩 disminuyendo cada a帽o mientras la p茅rdida de h谩bitat est谩 aumentando. Al final de febrero de 2017 una hembra infantil naci贸 en la isla de Sumak Allpa, una organizaci贸n y reserva para la rehabilitaci贸n de los monos en el Amazon铆a occidental ecuatoriano. Los chorongos son completamente independientes en la reserva; y por eso su nacimiento marca la primera vez que una cr铆a salvaje ha nacido en un centro de rehabilitaci贸n. En un estudio de 21 d铆as se evalu贸 la asignaci贸n de tiempo de la madre y la cr铆a, y sus interacciones sociales con los individuos de dos tropas de la isla tambi茅n, espec铆ficamente el macho dominante. Durante el a帽o pasado, las dos tropas, una con un macho adulto y otra con dos machos j贸venes, se han unido, y en los 煤ltimos meses han fluctuado entre dos tropas y una sola tropa. Se supone que el padre de la cr铆a es el macho sub-adulto, porque la c贸pula s贸lo se ha observado con 茅l y las hembras adultas. Este estudio encontr贸 que a la edad de dos a tres meses el beb茅 estaba comiendo alimentos s贸lidos, segu铆a amamantando, se mov铆a independientemente de la madre y usaba su cola prensil regularmente. El beb茅 usaba la mayor铆a de su tiempo para descansar y moverse, y la madre lo usaba para descansar, moverse y comer. El macho dominante mostraba atracci贸n a la cr铆a y la madre, y parec铆a haber aceptado a la cr铆a aunque probablemente no es el padre. Esto indica que los centros de rehabilitaci贸n en ambientes silvestres pueden ser un modo eficaz de repoblaci贸n y conservaci贸n para Lagothrix
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