Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 123 Huntington Street, 0650, New Haven, Connecticut.
J Chem Ecol. 1991 Feb;17(2):451-62. doi: 10.1007/BF00994344.
Bobcat (Lynx rufus) urine reduces scent-marking activity of woodchucks (Marmota monax) and feeding activity of snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) and deer (Odocoileus virginianus, O. hemionus). In order to identify the semiochemicals responsible for these behavior modifications, a dichloromethane extract of the bobcat urine was analyzed by GC-MS. Among the known compounds identified in the extract are phenol, indole, dimethyl sulfone, and 3-mercapto-3-methylbutanol. Compounds for which spectroscopic data are presented for the first time include one sulfide, two disulfides, and two trisulfides. The sulfur compounds are derived from an amino acid,S-(l,1-dimethyl-3-hydroxypropyl)cysteine ("felinine"), which was identified several years ago in the urine of the domestic cat (Felis domesticus).
山猫（猞猁属 rufus）尿液减少土拨鼠（草原犬鼠属 monax）的气味标记行为和雪兔（美洲兔属 americanus）和鹿（白尾鹿属 virginianus、黑尾鹿属 hemionus）的进食行为。为了确定导致这些行为改变的信息素，用 GC-MS 分析了山猫尿液的二氯甲烷提取物。提取物中鉴定出的已知化合物包括苯酚、吲哚、二甲基亚砜和 3-巯基-3-甲基-1-丁醇。首次呈现光谱数据的化合物包括一种硫化物、两种二硫化物和两种三硫化物。这些硫化合物源自一种氨基酸，S-（1,1-二甲基-3-羟基丙基）半胱氨酸（“费利宁”），几年前在家猫（家猫属 domesticus）尿液中被发现。
