MASTURBATION IN CAPTIVE HYLOBATES (GIBBONS)

Authors
MOOTNICK AR BAKER E
Citation
Ar. Mootnick et E. Baker, MASTURBATION IN CAPTIVE HYLOBATES (GIBBONS), Zoo biology, 13(4), 1994, pp. 345-353
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Zoo biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07333188
Volume
13
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
345 - 353
Database
ISI
SICI code
0733-3188(1994)13:4<345:MICH(>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Masturbation was observed in 9 of 52 captive adult Hylobates (gibbons) over a period of 17 years at the International Center for Gibbon Stud ies (ICGS). Four females and 5 males masturbated with varying degrees of regularity. The behavior may be related to a disruption in early re aring experiences of Hylobates. This is the first report on masturbati on in these animals and documents that this behavior occurs infrequent ly in captive Hylobates. (c) 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.