Studi Perilaku Monyet Ekor Panjang (Macaca fascicularis) di Taman Wisata Alam Grojogan Sewu Tawangmangu Karanganyar

Abstract

Long-tailed monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) are social primate animals that interact each other. Social interaction done by long-tailed monkeys give rise to different activities of individuals in the population. The purpose of this research was to study long-tailed monkeys behavior in Grojogan Sewu, Tawangmangu, Karanganyar. This research was conducted in Tuesday, November 24^th 2014 in Grojogan Sewu, Tawangmangu, Karanganyar. Observational method that used in this research is focal sampling. Determination of sampling points was conducted by purposive sampling so that resulted 8 sampling points (8 individuals of long-tailed monkeys was observed). Observation was done by observing each long-tailed monkeys daily activity until 3 hours with 5 minutes intervals. Result of this research shows that the average percentage of daily activities of the observed long-tailed monkeys are: 2.27% sleeping; 20.76% inactive; 16.78% grooming; 1.99% mating; 32.85% moving; 13.37% eating; 4.97% take caring; 5.26% playing; 0.71% secreting; 0.42% making a voice; and 0.56% agonistic.