TATSURO KAWAZOE

INSTITUTION

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

ACADEMIC FIELD & RESEARCH

I specialize in primate sociology and ethology. I have been working on fieldwork targeting wild Japanese macaques in Kinkazan, Miyagi Prefecture, and in Osumi Peninsula, Japan. In particular, I have been working on research with an interest in the social behavior and social relationships among males transferring between bi-sexual groups. I have also studied non-human primates in China and Hong Kong, looking primarily at macaques such as the rhesus macaque and snub-nosed monkeys. I’m working on inter-specific and intra-specific comparisons based on such data.

RESEARCH FIELD (FIELD SITE, LOCATION OF RESEARCH)

・Japanese macaques in northern and southern Japan
・Macaques and snub-nosed monkeys in China and Hong Kong

MAIN PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS

• Kawazoe T. Male–male social bonds predict tolerance but not coalition formation in wild Japanese macaques. Primates, 62: 91-101, 2021.
• Kawazoe T., Sosa S. Social networks predict immigration success in wild Japanese macaques. Primates, 60: 213-222, 2019.
• Chu Y., Sha JCM., Kawazoe T., Dong X. Sleeping site and tree selection by Sichuan snub‐nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) in Baihe Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China. American Journal of Primatology, 80: DOI:10.1002/ajp22936, 2018.
• Kawazoe T. “Male life histories: Consistencies and diversities of social structures” Monkeys of Japan: a Mammalogical Study of Japanese Macaques. Tsuji Y., Nakagawa N. (Eds.) University of Tokyo Press, pp. 100-119, 2017. (Japanese)
• Kawazoe T. Association patterns and affiliative relationships outside a troop in wild Japanese macaques, Macaca fuscata, during the non-mating season. Behaviour, 153: 69-89, 2016.

COMMENTS

I’m getting more and more hangovers.