[NEW ARTICLE] No evidence of kin preferences in a feral horse multilevel society

Maeda, T., Mendonça, R., Pinto, P., Ringhofer, M., Godinho, R., Hirata, S., & Yamamoto, S. (2025) Animal Behaviour, 222(2025), 123120

第6回動物園水族館大学シンポジウム

無事終了いたしました

• 日程: 2025年2月23日(日)・24日(月・祝)
• 会場: 名古屋港ポートビル + zoomによるオンライン配信
• 主催: 京都大学野生動物研究センター

[NEW ARTICLE] Monitoring the population and distribution of the proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) in the Klias Peninsula, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia: insights from an 18-year study

Bernard, H., Mohammad-Shom, S., Kulanthavelu, M., Sha, J. C. M., Malim, T. P., Abram, N. K., & Matsuda, I. (2025) Primates

[NEW ARTICLE] An eye-tracking study of visual attention in chimpanzees and bonobos when viewing different tool-using techniques

Piao, Y., Brooks, J., & Yamamoto, S. (2025) Animal Cognition, 28, 12 (2025)

[NEW ARTICLE] Demographic history of the Malayan tapirs (Tapirus indicus) in Southeast Asia

Lim, Q. L., Sato, Y., Rosli, N., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2025) Ecological Research, 1-18

Primatology and Wildlife Science Virtual Open Campus (January 22, 2025)

CICASP will hold a virtual open campus on Zoom for prospective applicants to our Short-term Internship Program and/or the graduate-level International Course in Primatology and Wildlife Research (MSc/DSc program).

• 日時: 2025年1月22日 10:00~18:00

[NEW ARTICLE] Socially contagious urination in chimpanzees

Onishi, E., Brooks, J., Inoue, S., & Yamamoto, S. (2025) Current Biology

特別研究学生の小川萌日香さんが 国際海棲哺乳類学会にて発表賞を受賞しました

特別研究学生の小川萌日香さんがオーストラリアにて開催された国際海棲哺乳類学会において，ヨーロッパ地域のベストプレゼンテーション賞を授与されました。

[NEW ARTICLE] Non-invasive scalp recording of electroencephalograms and evoked potentials in unanesthetized horses using a 12-channel active electrode array

Itoh, K., Kikumura, N., Maeda, T., Hirata, S., & Ringhofer, M. (2024) Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 11:1470039

[NEW ARTICLE] Seasonal habitat use of ringed seals in the Thule area, northwestern Greenland

Sakuragi, Y., Rosing-Asvid, A., Sugiyama, S., & Mitani, Y. (2024) Polar Science, 2024, 101145

[NEW ARTICLE] The effect of a harmful algal bloom (Karenia selliformis) on the benthic invertebrate community and the sea otter (Enhydra lutris) diet in eastern Hokkaido

Johnstone, J., Suzuki, I., Davis, R. W., Konno, N., Murayama, K., Ochiai, S., & Mitani, Y. (2024) PLOS One, 19(11): e0303126

[NEW ARTICLE] Audience presence influences cognitive task performance in chimpanzees

Lin, C., Muramatsu, A., & Yamamoto, S. (2024) iScience, 111191

The 19th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science

第19回PWSシンポジウムを10月30,31日に開催いたします。今回のテーマは 「Integration of Different Research Fields Towards Wildlife Conservation」 です。

• 日程: October 30-31, 2024
• 会場: Science Seminar House, North Campus, Kyoto University
• 主催: 霊長類学・ワイルドライフサイエンス・リーディング大学院

[NEW ARTICLE] Unveiling the Gut Microbiome of Malaysia's Colobine Monkeys : Insights into Health and Evolution

Mohd-Ridwan, A. R., Md-Zain, B. M., Najmuddin, M. F., Othman, N., Haris, H., Sariyati, N. H., Matsuda, I., Yee, B. S., Lee, Y., Lye, S. F., & Abdul-Latiff, M. A. B. (2024) Journal of Medical Primatology, 53

Mohamed M. Saidi Wins Presentation Award at the ASCM 2024

Mohamed M. Saidi, a WRC master's student, received an award for his outstanding poster presentation at the 17th Asian Society of Conservation Medicine Conference (ASCM 2024), held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from September 30 to October 4, 2024. Congratulations!

野生動物研究センター専任教員公募（准教授もしくは助教）

受付は終了しました
公募人員：１名
募集内容：本公募では、動物を対象とした研究領域において国際的水準の優れた研究業績を有し、国内外の野生もしくは飼育下の中・大型哺乳類等を対象に先進的研究を行うとともに、生息域内・域外での保全もしくは動物福祉を推進する活動を先導できる方を募集します。また、大学院における教育研究を推進し、あわせて、野生動物研究センターの共同利用・共同研究拠点の事業に積極的に参加できる方を希望します。
着任時期：令和7年4月1日以降のできるだけ早い時期
応募締切：令和6年8月29日（木曜日）必着（日本時間）
多くのご応募をお待ちしております。

[NEW ARTICLE] Gut microbial assessment among Hylobatidae at the National Wildlife Rescue Centre, Peninsular, Malaysia

Tingga, R. C. T., Gani, M., Mohd-Ridwan, A. R., Aifat, N. R., Matsuda, I., & Md-Zain, B. M. (2024) Journal of Veterinary Science, 25: e65

[NEW ARTICLE] Horses Look Longer at Skilled Humans than Unskilled Ones Despite Similar Outcomes in an Object Manipulation Task

Sugimoto, T., & Hirata, S. (2024) Animal Behavior and Cognition, 11(3), 236-251

[NEW ARTICLE] Negative relationship between body mass and home range size in three-toed sloths of the Amazon rainforest

Muramatsu, L. V. V., Sawada, A., Yabe, T., & Gordo, M. (2024) Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 1–13

WRC Newsletter #053 - Learn from others: social learning of tool-use in chimpanzees and bonobos

Our latest newsletter, Issue 53, featuring "Learn from others: social learning of tool-use in chimpanzees and bonobos", is now available on our website.

[NEW ARTICLE] Gut microbial community in proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus): implications for effects of geographical and social factors

Jose, L., Lee, W., Hanya, G., Tuuga, A., Goossens, B., Tangah, J., Matsuda, I., & Kumar, V. S. (2024) Royal Society Open Science , 11: 231756

[NEW ARTICLE] Body part categorical matching in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Gao, J., & Adachi, I. (2024) Scientific Reports, 14, 15896

[NEW ARTICLE] Oxytocin homogenizes horse group organization

Brooks, J., Maeda, T., Ringhofer, M., & Yamamoto, S. (2024) iScience, 27, 110356

[NEW ARTICLE] The first case of hunting and consuming an anomalure by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Kalinzu forest, Uganda

Shirasawa, S., Takemoto, H., Hashimoto, C., & Tokuyama, N. (2024) Pan Africa News, 29(1-2):

[NEW ARTICLE] Inferring source of learning by chimpanzees in cognitive tasks using reinforcement learning theory

Hirata, S., & Sakai, Y. (2024) Artificial Life and Robotics

[NEW ARTICLE] Weak males do not work hard: Reproductive investment of deficient male fiddler crabs, Austruca lactea

Wakabayashi, T., & Muramatsu, D. (2024) Behaviour, 161(6), 477-493

[NEW ARTICLE] Persistent Infant Handling Despite an Infant’s Negative Reaction by Female Japanese Macaques in Yakushima (Macaca fuscata yakui): Exploring its Function, Process, and Relationship to Social Tolerance

Lee, B., & Furuichi, T. (2024) International Journal of Primatology

[NEW ARTICLE] Metabarcoding analysis provides insight into the link between prey and plant intake in a large alpine cat carnivore, the snow leopard

Yoshimura, H., Hayakawa, T., Kikuchi, D. M., Uulu, K. Z., Qi, H., Sugimoto, T., Sharma, K., & Kinoshita, K. (2024) Royal Society Open Science

[NEW ARTICLE] First noncontact millimeter-wave radar measurement of heart rate in great apes: Validation in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Matsumoto, T., Iwata, I., Sakamoto, T., & Hirata, S. (2024) American Journal of Primatology, e23633

[NEW ARTICLE] Necrophilic behaviour in wild stump-tailed macaques (Macaca arctoides)

Toyoda, A., Gonçalves, A., Maruhashi, T., Malaivijitnond, S., & Matsuda, I. (2024) Scientific Repeports, 14:10946

[NEW ARTICLE] Measuring heart rate in captive chimpanzees without anesthesia

Hirata, S., Nogami, E., & Udono, T. (2024) Primates

京都大学大学院理学研究科生物科学専攻大学入試説明会

オンライン参加には事前申し込みが必要です。現地参加は事前申し込み不要です。ご自由にお越しください。

• 日時: 2024年4月20日（土）10：30~
• 会場: 京都大学理学研究科6号館およびZoomオンライン

[NEW ARTICLE] Exogenous oxytocin increases gaze to humans in male cats

Hattori, M., Kinoshita, K., Saito, A., & Yamamoto, S. (2024) Scientific Reports, 14. 8953

[NEW ARTICLE] Effects of distance from the sea and bedrock on foliar mineral contents in Japanese forests: Implications for mineral acquisition by folivores

Hanya, G., Kato, S., Kitamura, S., Kurihara, Y., Honda, T., Suzumura, T., & Ohta, T. (2024) Ecological Research

[NEW ARTICLE] The wildlife biobanking of germ cells for in situ and ex situ conservation in Japan

Fujihara, M., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2024) Theriogenology Wild, 4, 100086

[NEW ARTICLE] Seasonal diet partition among top predators of a small island, Iriomote Island in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan

Tobe, A., Sato, Y., Wachi, N., Nakanishi, N., & Izawa, M. (2024) Scientific Reports, 14. 7727

[NEW ARTICLE] Telomere length changes in the Pacific white-sided dolphin measured for one and a half years

Sakai, M., Kimura, S. S., Mizutani, Y., Ishikawa, M., Ito, T., Arai, N., & Niizuma, Y. (2024) Marine Mammal Science, e13123