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Tool Use in Cebus

In: Folia Primatologica
Author:
Elisabetta Visalberghi Istituto di Psicologia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Roma, Italia

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Online Publication Date:
14 Feb 1990
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This paper summarizes early anecdotal information and systematic studies of tool use in capuchin monkeys (Cebus spp.)· Tool use in capuchins is neither context specific nor stereotyped. The success of capuchins in using tools and in exploiting a variety of food resources in the wild derives from several factors: their manipulative abilities, interest in external objects and a tendency to explore the environment. In using tools, capuchins are similar to apes and more proficient than other monkey species. A cognitive approach indicates, however, that (in contrast with chimpanzees) they never develop an understanding of the requirements of the tool tasks presented.

Title:
Tool Use in Cebus
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1159/000156438
Language:
English
Pages:
146–154
Keywords:
Tool use; Capuchins; Cebus; Chimpanzees; Cognition; Nut cracking
In:
Folia Primatologica
In:
Volume 54: Issue 3-4
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1421-9980
Print ISSN:
0015-5713
Subjects:
Zoology, Biology

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