[NEW ARTICLE] Genetic diversity and population structure in the Ryukyu flying fox inferred from remote sampling in the Yaeyama archipelago

Taki, Y., Vincenot, C. E., Sato, Y., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2021) PLOS ONE, 16(3): e0248672

[NEW ARTICLE] Two wild female bonobos adopted infants from a different social group at Wamba

Tokuyama, N., Toda, K., Poiret, M., Iyokango, B., Bakaa, B., & Ishizuka, S. (2021) Scientific Reports, 11:4967

Award

Qi Luan Lim won the first prize of Best Oral Award for the Track 3 (Forestry, Conservation and Biodiversity) at the 14th Malaysia International Genetics Congress

[NEW ARTICLE] Effects of diet and age–sex class on the fecal particle size of wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata yakui)

He, T., Lee, W., & Hanya, G. (2021) American Journal of Primatology, 83(5): e23245

[NEW ARTICLE] Uniting against a common enemy: Perceived outgroup threat elicits ingroup cohesion in chimpanzees

Brooks, J., Onishi, E., Clark, I. R., Bohn, M., & Yamamoto, S. (2021) PLOS ONE, 16(2): e0246869

Final Lecture by Professor Shiro Kohshima

Date & Time: 13:00- March 26, 2021
Although this event will be open to all and participation will be free of charge, advance registration will be required. See here for further information.

[NEW ARTICLE] New indices to characterize drawing behavior in humans (Homo sapiens) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Martinet, L., Sueur, C., Hirata, S., Hosselet, J., Matsuzawa, T., & Pelé, M. (2021) Scientific Reports, 11: 3860

[NEW ARTICLE] Social relationships among captive male pygmy slow lorises (Nycticebus pygmaeus): Is forming male same-sex pairs a feasible management strategy?

Yamanashi, Y., Nemoto, K., & Alejandro, J. (2021) American Journal of Primatology, 83(2): e23233

[NEW ARTICLE] Sleep Patterns of Aging Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Havercamp, K., Morimura, N., & Hirata, S. (2021) International Journal of Primatology, 42, 89–104

分担執筆の書籍刊行：チンパンジーのサンクチュアリ設立

Hirata, S., Morimura, N., Watanuki, K., Ross, S. (2020). The establishment of sanctuaries for former laboratory chimpanzees: Challenges, successes, and cross-cultural context. In: Hopper, L. M. and Ross, S. (Eds.), Chimpanzees in context: A comparative perspective on chimpanzee behavior, cognition, conservation, and welfare, pp. 208-229, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

New Article: Divergent effects of oxytocin on eye contact in bonobos and chimpanzees.

Brooks, J., Kano, F., Sato, Y., Yeow, H., Morimura, N., Nagasawa, M., Kikusui, T., & Yamamoto, S. (2021). Psychoneuroendocrinology, 125, 105119.　[DOI] [Press Release]

[NEW ARTICLE] The nonhuman primate neuroimaging and neuroanatomy project

Hayashi, T., Hou, Y., Glasser, M. F., Autio, J. A., Knoblauch, K., Inoue-Murayama, M., Coalson, T., Yacoub, E., Smith, S., Kennedy, H., & Essen, D. C. V. (2021) Neuroimage , 1, 229, 117726

[NEW ARTICLE] Comparative analysis of sperm motility in liquid and seminal coagulum portions between Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) and chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Kinoshita, K., Indo, Y., Tajima, T., Kuze, N., Miyakawa, E., Kobayashi, T., Nakamura, T., Ogata, M., Okumura, F., Hayakawa, T., Morimura, N., Mori, Y., Okamoto, M., Ozaki, Y., & Hirata, S. (2021) Primates, 62, 467–473

論文刊行：ボルネオオランウータンとチンパンジーの 精液液状部および凝固部における精子運動性を比較

Kinoshita, K., Indo, Y., Tajima, T. et al. Comparative analysis of sperm motility in liquid and seminal coagulum portions between Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) and chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Primates (2021). [doi] [日本語解説はこちら]

[NEW ARTICLE] Dog Stick Chewing: An Overlooked Instance of Tool Use?

Brooks, J., & Yamamoto, S. (2021) Frontiers in Psychology, 11:577100

[NEW ARTICLE] Dog Stick Chewing: An Overlooked Instance of Tool Use?

Brooks J and Yamamoto S (2021) Dog Stick Chewing: An Overlooked Instance of Tool Use? Front. Psychol. 11:577100. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.577100 [FullText]

[NEW ARTICLE] Aerial drone observations identified a multilevel society in feral horses

Maeda, T., Ochi, S., Ringhofer, M., Sosa, S., Sueur, C., Hirata, S., & Yamamoto, S. (2021) Scientific Reports, 11, 71

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NEW ARTICLE: Aerial drone observations identified a multilevel society in feral horses.

Maeda, T., Ochi, S., Ringhofer, M. et al. Sci Rep 11, 71 (2021). [Fulltext] [Media Summary]

[NEW ARTICLE] Olfaction of aquatic amniotes

Kishida, T. (2021) Cell and Tissue Research, 383, 353–365

WHAT JAPAN'S WILD SNOW MONKEYS CAN TEACH US ABOUT ANIMAL CULTURE

Suzumura, one of our technical staff, was interviewed by the Smisonian magazine: WHAT JAPAN'S WILD SNOW MONKEYS CAN TEACH US ABOUT ANIMAL CULTURE

論文刊行: アジアゾウの尻尾の毛から、過去のストレスを評価できることを示唆しました。

The tail-tale of stress: an exploratory analysis of cortisol levels in the tail-hair of captive Asian elephants
Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel, Hiroki Yoneda, Moe Yanagi, Raman Sukumar, Kodzue Kinoshita PeerJ, DOI 10.7717/peerj.10445, FULL TEXT LINK

[NEW ARTICLE] The tail-tale of stress: an exploratory analysis of cortisol levels in the tail-hair of captive Asian elephants

Pokharel, S. S., Yoneda, H., Yanagi, M., Sukumar, R., & Kinoshita, K. (2021) PeerJ, 9:e10445

[NEW ARTICLE] Divergent effects of oxytocin on eye contact in bonobos and chimpanzees

Brooks, J., Kano, F., Sato, Y., Yeow, H., Morimura, N., Nagasawa, M., Kikusui, T., & Yamamoto, S. (2020) Psychoneuroendocrinology, Volume 125, 105119

学生による論文刊行 Does size matter? Examining the possible mechanisms of multi-stallion groups in horse societies

Pandora Pinto, Satoshi Hirata (2020) Behavioural Processes, Volume 181, 104277 doi

[NEW ARTICLE] Does size matter? Examining the possible mechanisms of multi-stallion groups in horse societies

Pinto, P., & Hirata, S. (2020) Behavioural Processes, 181: 104277

[NEW ARTICLE] Computerized intertemporal choice task in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) with/without postreward delay

Sato, Y., Sakai, Y., & Hirata, S. (2020) Journal of Comparative Psychology, 135(2): 185-195

[NEW ARTICLE] Visual adaptation of opsin genes to the aquatic environment in sea snakes

Seiko, T., Kishida, T., Toyama, M., Hariyama, T., Okitsu, T., Wada, A., Toda, M., Satta, Y., & Terai, Y. (2020) BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20, 158

[NEW ARTICLE] Prey Species and Foraging Behaviour of Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) Around Mikura Island in Japan

Takahashi, R., Sakai, M., Kogi, K., Morisaka, T., Segawa, T., & Ohizumi, H. (2020) Aquatic Mammals, 46(6): 531-541

[NEW ARTICLE] Population history and genomic admixture of sea snakes of the genus Laticauda in the West Pacific

Kishida, T., Toda, M., Go, Y., Tatsumoto, S., Sasai, T., & Hikida, T. (2020) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Volume 155, 107005

[NEW ARTICLE] Antioxidative Potency of Dolphin Serum Albumin Is Stronger Than That of Human Serum Albumin Irrespective of Substitution of ³⁴Cysteine With Serine

Suzuki, M., Anraku, M., Hakamata, W., Kishida, T., Ueda, K., & Endoh, T. (2020) Frontiers in Physiology, 11, 598451

Publication

Two research papers on wild giraffe are published.
Saito, M. and Idani, G. (2020) Giraffe diurnal recumbent behavior and its habitat selection in Katavi National Park, Tanzania. Journal of Zoology, in press. doi:10.1111/jzo.12825.
Saito, M., Bercovitch, F. and Idani, G. (2020) The impact of Masai giraffe nursery groups on the development of social associations among females and young individuals. Behavioural Processes, in press. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104227.

[NEW ARTICLE] Bark stripping behavior in relation to Fagaceae mast production and diet in the Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus)

Mori, T., Sugiura, R., Kato, M., Miura, K., Ogawa, H., Umano, S., Kato, H., Izumiyama, S., & Niizuma, Y. (2020) Journal of Forest Research, 25(6): 450-455

New Article: Genetic signatures of evolution of the pluripotency gene regulating network across mammals

Endo Y, Kamei KI, Inoue-Murayama M [published online ahead of print, 2020 Aug 11]. Genome Biol Evol. 2020;evaa169. doi:10.1093/gbe/evaa169, Media Summary

[NEW ARTICLE] [FIELD NOTE] List of food plants of four sympatric Paradoxuriane civet species based on eight-year records on Borneo

Nakabayashi, M. (2020) Tropics, 29(2): 67-75

[NEW ARTICLE] Giraffe diurnal recumbent behavior and habitat utilization in Katavi National Park, Tanzania

Saito, M., & Idani, G. (2020) Journal of Zoology, 312(3): 183-192

[NEW ARTICLE] The impact of Masai giraffe nursery groups on the development of social associations among females and young individuals

Saito, M., Bercovitch, F. B., & Idani, G. (2020) Behavioural Processes, 180: 104227

論文刊行

ツシマヤマネコのゲノム配列に基づいて、遺伝構造や遺伝的多様性を解析し、100以上の遺伝マーカーを新規開発しました。これらの情報は、本種の保全に役立つことが期待されます。 Ito H, Nakajima N, Onuma M, Inoue-Murayama M: Genetic diversity and genetic structure of the wild Tsushima leopard cat from genome wide analysis. Animals 10:1375, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10081375

[NEW ARTICLE] Genetic signatures of evolution of the pluripotency gene regulating network across mammals

Endo, Y., Kamei, K., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2020) Genome Biology and Evolution, 12 (10): 1806-18

[NEW ARTICLE] Genetic Diversity and Genetic Structure of the Wild Tsushima Leopard Cat from Genome-Wide Analysis

Ito, H., Nakajima, N., Onuma, M., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2020) Animals, 10:1375

学生による論文刊行：飼育下のユキヒョウにおける植物食行動と毛の排出の関係

この論文は肉食動物が植物を食べるのはなぜか？に着目しました。飼育下のユキヒョウを対象にした研究により、植物食の毛を排出する効果は小さいことが示唆されました。 Yoshimura H, Qi H, Kikuchi DM, Matsui Y, Fukushima K, Kudo S, Ban K, Kusano K, Nagano D, Hara M, Sato Y, Takatsu K, Hirata S, Kinoshita K. (2020) The relationship between plant-eating and hair evacuation in snow leopards (Panthera uncia). PLoS ONE 15(7): e0236635. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236635

[NEW ARTICLE] The relationship between plant-eating and hair evacuation in snow leopards (Panthera uncia)

Yoshimura, H., Qi, H., Kikuchi, D. M., Matsui, Y., Fukushima, K., Kudo, S., Ban, K., Kusano, K., Nagano, D., Hara, M., Sato, Y., Takatsu, K., Hirata, S., & Kinoshita, K. (2020) PLoS ONE, 15(7): e023663

ツシマヤマネコの卵子保存の取り組みに関するインタビュー記事

マレーシア・ボルネオ島の研究機関、Danau Girang Field Centreのソーシャルメディアに、ツシマヤマネコの卵子保存の取り組みに関するインタビュー記事が掲載されました。

論文刊行

Liu, J., Li, D., Matsuzawa, T., Hirata S. The Lisu people's traditional natural philosophy and its potential impact on conservation planning in the Laojun Mountain region, Yunnan Province, China. Primates (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-020-00841-2

[NEW ARTICLE] The Lisu people's traditional natural philosophy and its potential impact on conservation planning in the Laojun Mountain region, Yunnan Province, China

Liu, J., Li, D., Matsuzawa, T., & Hirata, S. (2020) Primates, 62, 153–164

論文刊行

Hirata, S., Betsuyaku, T., Fujita, K., Nakano, T., Yuji Ikegaya, Y. Phylogeny and ontogeny of mental time. Neurosci. Res., doi: 10.1016/j.neures.2020.07.008 available online 15 July 2020.

過去の時間に心理的な自己投影を行うメンタルタイムトラベルの能力は、ヒトだけの特徴だと考えられてきましたが、近年の研究から、ヒト以外の動物と前言語期のヒトの幼児でも固有のメンタルタイムトラベル能力を持っていることがわかってきました。本総説では、専門分野の異なる５名の著者が、ヒトの成人に見られる本格的な精神的なタイムトラベルの系統発生的および個体発生的な基盤についての近年の知見を多角的に論じます。

学生による論文刊行

Ena Onishi, James Brooks, Innocent Leti, Claude Monghiemo, Jean-Christophe Bokika, Yuta Shintaku, Genichi Idani, Shinya Yamamoto (2020) Nkala Forest: Introduction of a forest-savanna mosaic field site of wild bonobos and its future prospects. Pan Africa News http://mahale.main.jp/PAN/2020/001.html

[NEW ARTICLE] Phylogeny and ontogeny of mental time

Hirata, S., Betsuyaku, T., Fujita, K., Nakano, T., & Ikegaya, Y. (2020) Neuroscience Research, 170: 13-17

論文刊行

Pandora Pinto, Rui Lourenço, António Mira & Sara M. Santos (2020) Temporal patterns of bird mortality due to road traffic collisions in a Mediterranean region, Bird Study, DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2020.1779652

[NEW ARTICLE] Population history of the golden eagle inferred from whole-genome sequencing of three of its subspecies

Sato, Y., Ogden, R., Kishida, T., Nakajima, N., Maeda, T., & Inoue-Murayama, M. (2020) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130(4): 826–838

[NEW ARTICLE] Temporal patterns of bird mortality due to road traffic collisions in a Mediterranean region

Pinto, P., Lourenço, R., Mira, A., & Santos, S. M. (2020) Bird Study, 67(1): 71-84

論文刊行：飼育チンパンジーのベッド作り行動の発達

Yamanashi, Y.; Bando, H.; Matsunaga, M.; Tanaka, M.; Nogami, E.; Hirata, S., Development of bed-building behaviors in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Implication for critical period hypothesis and captive management. Primates 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-020-00839-w　[日本語解説はこちら]

[NEW ARTICLE] Development of bed-building behaviors in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Implication for critical period hypothesis and captive management.

Yamanashi, Y., Bando, H., Matsunaga, M., Tanaka, M., Nogami, E., & Hirata, S. (2020) Primates, 61, 639–646

[NEW ARTICLE] Occurrence and transmission of flu-like illness among neighboring bonobo groups at Wamba

Ryu, H., Hill, D. A., Sakamaki, T., Garai, C., Tokuyama, N., & Furuichi, T. (2020) Primate, 61, pages: 775–784

[NEW ARTICLE] Nkala Forest: Introduction of a forest-savanna mosaic field site of wild bonobos and its future prospects

Onishi, E., Brooks, J., Leti, I., Monghiemo, C., Bokika, J., Shintaku, Y., Idani, G., & Yamamoto, S. (2020) Pan Africa News, 27 (1). 2-5

[NEW ARTICLE] Does soil color affect fish evolution? Differences in color change rate between lineages of the sailfin tetra

Pinto, K. S., Pires, T. H. S., Stefanelli-Silva, G., Barros, B. S., Borghezan, E. A., & Zuanon, J. (2020) Neotropical Ichthyology, 18(2): e190093

[NEW ARTICLE] Follicular extracellular vesicles enhance meiotic resumption of domestic cat vitrified oocytes

Ferraz, M. A. M. M., Fujihara, M., Nagashima, J. B., Noonan, M. J., Inoue-Murayama, M., & Songsasen, N. (2020) Scientific Reports, 10, 8619

論文刊行：ネコ卵胞液中の細胞外小胞が、凍結保存後のネコ卵子の成熟（減数分裂再開）を促進することを明らかにしました。

de Almeida Monteiro Melo Ferraz M^*​, Fujihara M^*, Nagashima JB, Noonan MJ, Inoue-Murayama M, Songsasen N. "Follicular extracellular vesicles enhance meiotic resumption of domestic cat vitrified oocytes" Scientific Reports. 10, 8619, 2020. (*Co-first author) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65497-w

[NEW ARTICLE] Microsatellite records for volume 12, issue 2

Bang, I., Bruggemann, F., Chen, C., Alexis, Q. D., Gao, H., Gélin, P., Hong, X., Inoue-Murayama, M., Kim, K., Kwak, Y., Li, W., Ma, H., Magalon, H., Nakajima, N., Oury, N., Pierrat, J., Rodolfo-Metalpa, R., Sato, Y., Taki, Y., Vincenot, C. E., Xiang, Z., Yu, Z., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., & Zhu, X. (2020) Conservation Genetics Resources, 12(2), 12-15

教員による論文刊行

Shirasu, M, Ito S, Itoigawa A, Hayakawa T, Kinoshita K, Munechika I, Imai H, Touhara K. Key male glandular odorants attracting female ring-tailed lemurs, Current Biology, In press, 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.03.037

[NEW ARTICLE] Key Male Glandular Odorants Attracting Female Ring-Tailed Lemurs

Shirasu, M., Ito, S., Itoigawa, A., Hayakawa, T., Kinoshita, K., Munechika, I., Imai, H., & Touhara, K. (2020) Current Biology, 30(11): 2131-2138

論文刊行

ガーナ北部において野生動物の狩猟を防ぎ、動物性たんぱく質を確保するために、食用げっ歯類グラスカッターの飼育を広める活動を行っています。飼育に必要な飼料の確保は雨季と乾季で大きく異なります。飼育農家へのインタビューをもとに、飼料確保のための工夫について報告しました。
Dery TSS, Adenyo C, Kayang BB, Inoue-Murayama M: Assessment of feed resources, management practices and mitigating strategies to feed scarcity in grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus) production in north-western Ghana. African Study Monographs 40(4): 1490172, 2020. [Full text]

論文刊行: 世界で初めて捉えた野生ユキヒョウの水飲み映像から、餌動物とは水分摂取の戦略が異なることが示唆されました。

Kikuchi, D.M., Zhumabai-uulu, K., Sharma, K., Soma, T., Kinoshita, K. Is water an important resource for the snow leopard (Panthera uncia) in periods when terrain is covered with snow? Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 52, 105-108 (2020). doi: 10.1080/15230430.2020.1736902