Scent marking as resource defense by female Lemur catta
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Study is presented to test the hypothesis that ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) are a female-dominant, female-philopatric species in which the females provide the majority of parental care and troop defense, and therefore, resource defense is a possible function of female scent marking. Evidence gathered so far supports the hypothesis that one function of female ring-tailed lemur scent marking is to provide intergroup information that is then used to reinforce the border of the defended resource.
Publication Name: American Journal of Primatology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0275-2565
Year: 2006
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Scent marking in Sifaka: No one function explains it all
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A study was conducted to determine the function of scent marking in Verreaux's sifaka, which uses scent marking as one form of communication. All-occurrence of scent-marks, scent-mark context, and scent-mark style were collected on 23 sifaka for five hypothetical studies, and the results from this study indicated that none of the five hypothesized functions best explains all scent-marking in Verreaux sifaka, but rather, scent marking might serve different functions for different individuals.
Publication Name: American Journal of Primatology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0275-2565
Year: 2006
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Olfactory signals and the MHC: A review and a case study in Lemur catta
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A study of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) is conducted to explore the relationship between individual odor profiles and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) alleles. These animals are an ideal model species because they are extremely scent-oriented and their behaviors suggest that olfactory signals form an important part of their intra- and inter-group communication systems.
Publication Name: American Journal of Primatology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0275-2565
Year: 2006
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