HARUKA TANIGUCHI

INSTITUTION

Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

ACADEMIC FIELD & RESEARCH

Primatology. I have been working on research with an interest in the co-feeding behavior in weaning infant primates.

RESEARCH FIELD (FIELD SITE, LOCATION OF RESEARCH)

Japanese macaques (Shimokita Peninsula and Yakushima)

MAIN PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS

• Taniguchi H. How the physical properties of food influence its selection by infant Japanese macaques inhabiting a snow‐covered area. American Journal of Primatology, 77: 285-295, 2015.
• Taniguchi H. “Following the gathering of infant Japanese macaques, experiencing their ’usual’” Encountering Animals II：Emergence of Mind and Society. Kimura D. (Ed.) Nakanishiya Shuppan, pp. 164-166, 2015. (Japanese)
• Taniguchi H. Influence of dietary differences between mothers and infants on infants’ feeding behavior in Japanese macaques inhabiting a snow-covered area. Newsletter of the Society for Ecological Anthropology, 16: 2-4, 2010. (Japanese)

COMMENTS

I have studied on non-human primates. In this project, I would like to have discussion connecting with human.