Identification and evaluation of the captive environmental factors that affect the behaviour of Sulawesi Crested Black Macaques (Macaca Nigra)

Abstract

Observations of eight Sulawesi macaque troops in the UK and Ireland, were used in four main studies that investigated: 1) The influence of season on the behavioural expression and enclosure use of Sulawesi macaques in a number of zoos; 2) A comparison of captive Sulawesi macaque behaviour and enclosure and substrate use between zoos; 3) A comparison of wild and captive Sulawesi macaque behaviour, using previously published data of wild macaques (O’Brien & Kinnaird, 1997); 4) The influence of captive environmental variables on the behaviour of Sulawesi macaques.