Nasalization by Nasalis larvatus: larger noses audiovisually advertise conspecifics in proboscis monkeys

Koda, Hiroki, Murai, Tadahiro, Tuuga, Augustine, Goossens, Benoit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2360-4643, Nathan, Senthilvel K. S. S., Stark, Danica J., Ramirez, Diana A. R., Sha, John C. M., Osman, Ismon, Sipangkui, Rosa, Seino, Satoru and Matsuda, Ikki 2018. Nasalization by Nasalis larvatus: larger noses audiovisually advertise conspecifics in proboscis monkeys. Science Advances 4 (2) , eaaq0250. 10.1126/sciadv.aaq0250

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Abstract

Male proboscis monkeys have uniquely enlarged noses that are prominent adornments, which may have evolved through their sexually competitive harem group social system. Nevertheless, the ecological roles of the signals encoded by enlarged noses remain unclear. We found significant correlations among nose, body, and testis sizes and a clear link between nose size and number of harem females. Therefore, there is evidence supporting both male-male competition and female choice as causal factors in the evolution of enlarged male noses. We also observed that nasal enlargement systematically modifies the resonance properties of male vocalizations, which probably encode male quality. Our results indicate that the audiovisual contributions of enlarged male noses serve as advertisements to females in their mate selection. This is the first primate research to evaluate the evolutionary processes involved in linking morphology, acoustics, and socioecology with unique masculine characteristics.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Additional Information:	This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, so long as the resultant use is not for commercial advantage and provided the original work is properly cited.
Publisher:	American Association for the Advancement of Science
ISSN:	2375-2548
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	22 February 2018
Date of Acceptance:	23 January 2018
Last Modified:	06 May 2023 16:29
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/109380

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