气味标记作为长尾狸狨的社交信号 II. 通过气味识别个体。

Scent marks as social signals inGalago crassicaudatus II. Discrimination between individuals by scent.

机构信息

Kellogg Biological Station, 49060, Hickory Corners, Michigan.

出版信息

J Chem Ecol. 1982 Aug;8(8):1153-65. doi: 10.1007/BF00986985.

Abstract

Thick-tailed galagos,Galago crassicaudatus argentatus, which had been habituated to the scent marks of a conspecific through repeated presentations, increased their sniffing when presented with scent marks from a second conspecific of the same sex. Thus, they discriminated between the scents of individual conspecifics. This result was obtained using naturally scent-marked perches and perches carrying only chest gland scent-the latter even two weeks after the marking. When urine, the prevalent scent signal among most other galago species, was tested, it elicited little interest and discriminations were not clearly made. It is suggested that the use of more specialized scents is related to the social characteristics ofGalago crassicaudatus.

摘要

厚尾原猴（Galago crassicaudatus argentatus），通过重复呈现同种个体的气味标记，已经习惯了同种个体的气味标记。当呈现来自同一性别第二只同种个体的气味标记时，它们会增加嗅探的次数。因此，它们可以区分个体同种个体的气味。这个结果是通过使用自然标记过的栖息处和只携带胸部腺体气味的栖息处来获得的，即使是在标记后的两周，后者也能产生明显的效果。当测试尿液（大多数其他原猴物种普遍使用的气味信号）时，它引起的兴趣不大，也没有明显的区分。因此，使用更具特异性的气味可能与厚尾原猴的社会特征有关。