Wild Long-Tailed Macaque Social Behavior and Gut Microbiome Data from Thailand

A dataset from figshare, last updated on 2026-04-28, contains behavioral and microbiome data for a group of wild long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in human-impacted environments in Thailand. It includes files for social network matrices, grooming interactions, and results from generalized linear models analyzing microbiome diversity. The data was collected and shared by author Jishnu Kesh for research on the 'social microbiome'.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between social grooming networks and bacterial similarity based on the described behavioral matrices.
• Analyzing the impact of foraging on anthropogenic food on microbial diversity and Firmicutes-to-Bacteroidetes ratios as mentioned in the abstract.
• Investigating how host dominance rank and age-class moderate the effects of diet on microbiome composition using the provided statistical model outputs.

Strengths

• Includes multiple linked data components: social interaction matrices, grooming edgelists, and statistical model results.
• Associated R code is provided for reproducibility of dominance scoring, network analysis, and statistical modeling.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for broad reuse and sharing.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and overall dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The manuscript is noted as 'in preparation', suggesting the data and analysis may be preliminary.

Provenance

Source

figshare, uploaded by author Jishnu Kesh.

Collection Method

Observational behavioral data collection and fecal sample processing from a wild macaque group.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 09:11:32; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Human-impacted environments in Thailand.