Cayo Santiago [island] - Cayo Santiago

Japanese: カヨ・サンチャゴ[島] - かよさんちゃご
Cayo Santiago [island] - Cayo Santiago

…Beginning with a field study of howler monkeys on Barro Colorado Island in Panama in 1932, he conducted vigorous field surveys of spider monkeys, gibbons, orangutans, and other animals in Panama, Thailand, Sumatra, India, and other places by 1950, and made great efforts to elucidate the societies and behavior of primates. Just before the start of World War II, he released rhesus monkeys imported from India on Cayo Santiago Island near Puerto Rico, and conducted research on their sexual behavior. In his later years, he retired from field research, and built the foundations of modern primatology through his numerous books and documentary films. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Cayo Santiago Island" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…32年にパナマのバロ・コロラド島で行ったホエザルの野外研究を手始めに,50年までにパナマ,タイ,スマトラ,インドなどで,クモザル,テナガザル,オランウータンなどを対象とした精力的な野外調査を重ね,霊長類の社会や行動の解明に尽くした。また第2次世界大戦が始まる直前に,インドから輸入したアカゲザルをプエルト・リコの近くのカヨ・サンチャゴ島に放飼いし,性行動についての研究を行う。晩年は野外研究から退き,数々の著作や記録映画を通じて現代霊長類学の基礎を築いた。…

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