摘要
The purpose of the present study was to determine relative taste preferences for five food-associated sugars inAteles geoffroyi. Using two-solution choice tests of brief duration (5 min) four adult spider monkeys were given the choice between all binary combinations of sucrose, fructose, glucose, lactose, and maltose presented in equimolar concentrations of 20, 50, 100, and 200 mM respectively. Preferences for individual sugars were stable across the concentrations tested and indicate an order of relative effectiveness (sucrose>fructose>glucose≥lactose≥maltose) which is similar to results obtained with the same method in the squirrel monkey and to findings on relative sweetness in man. These results support the assumption that the order of relative effectiveness of the sugars under investigation found in the present study may represent a general pattern of preference in frugivorous and perhaps all primates. Key WordsTaste preferences Sugars Relative sweetness Spider monkey Ateles geoffroyi
摘要译文
本研究的目的是确定五类食品相关的糖inAteles geoffroyi相对口味偏好使用短暂的持续时间的两溶液的选择测试（5分钟）只成年蜘蛛猴分别给予蔗糖，果糖，葡萄糖，乳糖的所有二进制组合之间的选择，和麦芽糖在等摩尔浓度20，50，100分别200mM的呈现，并相对有效性（蔗糖果糖葡萄糖铌actose铌altose）的顺序，类似于用在松鼠猴同样的方法得到的结果，并在人相对甜度结果Ë假设在目前的研究发现，被调查的糖的相对有效性的顺序可能代表食果的偏好也许所有灵长类动物的一般模式，重点WordsTaste喜好糖相对甜度蜘蛛猴Ateles geoffroyi
Matthias Laska [1] Edith Carrera Sanchez [2] Ernesto Rodriguez Luna [2]. Relative taste preferences for food-associated sugars in the spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)[J]. Primates, 1998,39(1): 91-96