Are monkeys logical?

By B. McGonigle, M. Chalmers. 1977

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Hippocampal activation during transitive inference in humans (2004, background): “Transitive inference, the paradigmatic example of inferential thinking, has been described in humans as young as 4 years old (Bryant and Trabasso, 1971), in nonhuman primates (McGonigle and Chalmers, 1977), in rats (Davis, 1992; Roberts and Phelps, 1994; Dusek and Eichenbaum, 1997), and in pigeons (”
Transitive responding in animals and humans: Exaptation rather than adaptation? (1998, methodology): “McGonigle and Chalmers (1977) trained squirrel-monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) using five differently coloured tins according to the same A+ B − , B+ C − , C+ D− , D+ E− premise pair scheme.”
Transitive inference in rats (Rattus norvegicus). (1992, background): “Similarly, McGonigle and Chalmers (1977) reported that following training on a series of paired comparisons, 7 squirrel monkeys tested on the critical B-D+ pair averaged 90% correct.”
Concept learning in animals. (2008, unknown): “…(Fersen, Wynne, Delius, & Staddon, 1991; Steirn, Weaver, & Zentall, 1995; Lazareva & Wasserman, 2006), crows (Lazareva, Smirnova, Bagozkaja, Zorina, Rayevsky, & Wasserman, 2004), monkeys (McGonigle & Chalmers, 1977), and chimpanzees (Boysen, Berntson, Shreyer, & Quigley, 1993; Gillan, 1981).”
Social cognition by food-caching corvids. The western scrub-jay as a natural psychologist (2007, background): “B versus D) to solve the task (McGonigle & Chalmers 1977; Treichler & van Tilburg 1996).”