The Japanese Macaques
Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) have been studied by primatologists since 1948, and considerable knowledge of the primate has been accumulated to elucidate the adaptation of the species over time and to distinct environments in Japan. The Japanese maca
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Series Editors Tetsuro Matsuzawa Inuyama, Japan Juichi Yamagiwa Kyoto, Japan
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Naofumi Nakagawa Masayuki Nakamichi Hideki Sugiura ●
Editors
The Japanese Macaques
Editors Naofumi Nakagawa, D.Sc Associate Professor Graduate School of Science Kyoto University Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
Masayuki Nakamichi, Ph.D. Professor Graduate School of Human Sciences Osaka University 1-2 Yamadaoka, Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
Hideki Sugiura, D.Sc Associate Professor Wildlife Research Center Kyoto University 2-24 Tanaka-sekiden-cho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8203 Japan
Front cover : Upper : An elderly female macaque grooming her long-time grooming partner of the same age in Katsuyama. Photo by Masayuki Nakamichi. Center left: An adult female and her infant feeding on the fruit of Viburnum dilatatum on Kinkazan Island. Photo by Naofumi Nakagawa. Center middle: An adult female feeding on new leaves of Zelkova serrata in spring on Kinkazan Island. Photo by Yamato Tsuji. Center right: An adult female carrying her infant on her back on Kinkazan Island. Photo by Naofumi Nakagawa. Lower: Macaques grooming and resting in a lowland forest on Yakushima Island. Photo by Shigeru Suzuki. Back cover: Upper: Macaques resting in a tree on a snowy evening in the southwestern part of the Shimokita Peninsula. Photo by Shiro Matsuoka. Center left: Macaques sitting in the waters of a hot spring in Shiga Heights. Photo by Minoru Kinoshita. Center middle: An alpha male sided by two estrus females, one a full-grown adult (right), the other an adolescent (left), in the southwestern part of the Shimokita Peninsula. Photo by Shiro Matsuoka. Center right: An adult female feeding on the fruit of Swida macrophylla in autumn on Kinkazan Island. Photo by Naofumi Nakagawa. Spine: A mother and her newborn infant in the southwestern part of the Shimokita Peninsula. Photo by Shiro Matsuoka.
ISSN 2190-5967 e-ISSN 2190-5975 ISBN 978-4-431-53885-1 e-ISBN 978-4-431-53886-8 DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-53886-8 Springer Tokyo Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010932130 © Springer 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The first sightings of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata fuscata) were made in 1948 by two Japanese students – Jun’ichiro Itani and Shunzo Kawamura – who were led by Kinji Imanishi, then a lecturer at Kyoto Univer
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