Research Article

Role of Personality in Behavioral Responses to New Environments in Captive Asiatic Lions (Panthera leo persica)

Table 2

Behavioral classes used to create time budgets. Individual behaviors come from the full ethogram, included in Table 10.

ClassBehaviors included

InactiveLie, sit, stand, stretch, stare

LocomotionWalk, run, stalk, chase, climb, crouch

StereotypicPace

ReproductiveMount, sniff anogenital region, lordosis

MaintenanceDefecate, urinate, self-groom, scratch

MarkingSpray, scratch object

VocalizationsGrowl, grunt, roar, cough

FeedingEat, drink

ExploratoryAny interaction with objects, sniff, flehmen, dig

InteractionsAllogroom conspecific, bite conspecific, play with conspecific, chase conspecific, stalk conspecific, swat conspecific, head/body rub conspecific, tail up, band on glass