| BEHAVIOR |
CODE |
DEFINITION |
| Agonism |
| Tufts-flick |
TF |
rapid back-and-forth movement of ear tufts |
| Frown |
FR |
lower eyebrows, furl brow, and turn down corners of mouth while staring |
| Cuff |
CU |
swift, superficial blow or scratch performed aggressively |
| Chase |
CH |
pursue partner, with one or both animals exhibiting
aggression and/or submission (not play) |
| Fight |
FI |
grapple aggressively with partner(s), involving biting,
clawing, and wrestling |
| Attack |
AT |
lunge at or pounce on partner aggressively; may or may not
result in fight |
| Snap bite |
SB |
direct a single short, sharp bite at partner |
| Submit |
SU |
flatten ear tufts and/or facial grimace (partially open
mouth with corners of mouth retracted, exposing lower and
sometimes upper teeth) and/or slit eyes (eyelids half closed) |
| Continuous submit |
CS |
continuous submit; start scoring after 5 sec |
| Retreat |
RE |
starting from a stationary position, move at lest one body
length away from another animal within 1 sec of the other
animal establishing proximity (within 10 cm) |
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| Play |
| Play |
PL |
two or more animals lunge, grapple, wrestle or chase for at
lest 1 sec in absence of aggression or intense submission;
play face may or may not be present |
| Solicit play |
SP |
direct play face toward, pounce on, or initiate grapple with
partner, in absence of ongoing play with partner |
| Play face |
PF |
open mouth without retraction of the lips |
| Join play |
JP |
join ongoing play bout between two or more partners |
| End play |
EP |
discontinue all social play for _> 3 sec |
| Social play |
SO |
social interactions involving non-aggressive physical
contact with other individuals; high activity |
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| Infant-associated behaviors |
| Climb on |
ON |
climb onto any part of partner's body so that all four limbs
are on partner |
| Solicit climb on |
SC |
position body directly above infant and/or pull infant onto
body; may or may not result in infant climbing onto
partner's body |
| Climb off |
OF |
voluntary climb off partner's body after having all four
limbs on partner |
| Push off/reject |
PO |
prevent juvenile from climbing onto body, or rub or
otherwise force juvenile off body |
| Nurse |
NU |
have mouth on female's nipple for _> 1 sec |
| End nursing |
EN |
discontinue nursing posture |
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| Other social behaviors |
| Sniff/nuzzle |
SN |
orient face against or toward partner, excluding anogenital region |
| Anogenital inspect |
AI |
orient face against or toward anogenital region of
partner,
or use hands or mouth to investigate anogenital region of
partner; includes anogenital groom |
| Groom |
GR |
use hands and/or mouth to pick through fur and/or mouth of
partner, excluding anogenital region |
| Sexual solicit |
SS |
stare at partner with ear tufts flattened and eyes slit |
| Mount |
MO |
climb on partner's back from behind and grip partner
around waist and legs; may be accompanied by pelvic
thrusting |
| Initiate huddle |
IH |
establish passive, torso-torso body contact with partner,
with both animals remaining stationary and in passive
contact for at least 3 sec |
| Leave huddle |
LH |
terminate huddle after at least 3 sec of passive, torso-torso
body contact during which both partners remained
stationary |
| Object steal |
OS |
take any non-food object from hands or mouth of partner |
| Attempt object steal |
AO |
attempt but fail to take non-food object from hands or
mouth of partner |
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| Food-associated behaviors |
| Food steal |
ST |
take any food from hands or mouth of partner |
| Attempt food steal |
AF |
attempt but fail to take food from hands or mouth of
partner |
| Share food |
SH |
eat from a food source from which partner is
simultaneously
eating or occupying without removing any food from
partner's mouth or hands |
| New food |
NF |
eat from a food source which no other animal is currently
holding, eating from, or occupying |
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| Individual behaviors |
| Bristle strut |
BS |
arching posture and/or strut locomotion and/or general
Piloerection |
| Scentmark |
SM |
rub or drag anogenital, suprapubic, or sternal region along
substrate, object, or partner |
| Genital present |
GP |
raise tail to expose genitals |
| Object manipulation |
OM |
sniff, bite, chew, gouge, handle, pounce on, grapple
with,
or otherwise manipulate inanimate object, excluding food
items and water bottle, for at least 1 sec |
Text and design by Lissa Pabst.
