Ring-tailed coatis anointing with soap: A new variation of self-medication culture?

When following a free-living ring-tailed coati Nasua nasua group behind a tourist complex on Ilha do Campeche (an island in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil), we observed them rubbing laundry and cleaning substances onto their bodies. In order to describe this anointing behavior, spontaneous and...

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2016

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Universidad del Rosario

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Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario

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eng

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oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/24343

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https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/24343

Palabra clave:

Animal cognition
Animal culture
Anointing
Nasua nasua
Rubbing behavior
Social learning
Zoopharmacognosy

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