2014年4月21日17∶30,在河南省济源市五龙口风景区的一个太行山猕猴Macaca mulatta tcheliensis群(WLK-1)内首次发现了太行山猕猴一胎双生的现象。采用焦点动物取样法对双胞胎母亲和婴猴进行了观察和记录,旨在对母猴早期育婴行为特征和婴猴个体发育进行初步研究。这是国内首次报道野外条件下猕猴的双胞胎现象。
In a free-ranging rhesus macaque Macaca mulatta tcheliensis group (WLK-1) (Wulongkou Scenic Area, Jiyuan, Henan province, China) , we observed a case of twin infants carried by an adult female at 17:30 on April 21th, 2014. Focal animal sampling method was used to describe the behavior characteristics of this female and the twins' develop- ment during early lactation. This was the first occurrence of twin infants in rhesus macaques in the field in China.