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An Artificial “gum‐tree” for marmosets ( Callithrix j. jacchus )
Author(s) -
McGrew W. C.,
Brennan J. A.,
Russell J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
zoo biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1098-2361
pISSN - 0733-3188
DOI - 10.1002/zoo.1430050106
Subject(s) - callithrix , biology , gum arabic , marmoset , callitrichidae , acacia , tree (set theory) , exudate , gum acacia , botany , zoology , ecology , food science , mathematics , mathematical analysis
Abstract Marmosets ( Callithrix, Cebuella ) in the wild gouge wells in trees and eat the exudates that accumulate there. An artificial gum‐tree was made of wooden dowel and filled with Acacia Senegal exudate (gum arabic) dissolved in water. Three families of marmosets avidly gouged and consumed gum from this device, showing all of the behavioral patterns described in nature. The gum‐tree cost little and was easy to make.