Mertl-Millhollen A S
Department of Zoology, Duke University, Durham, N.C.
Folia Primatol (Basel). 1988;50(3-4):175-87. doi: 10.1159/000156344.
Over 350 h of observations were collected using focal animal sampling of scent-marking behavior by 2 troops of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) in the field in Madagascar. Although they did not mark any branch species preferentially, they did have preferred marking sites. Significantly more scent marks were deposited in the area of home range overlap between troops than in the area of exclusive use. However, few marks were deposited at the periphery of the area of overlap. Instead, the majority of the marks were in a narrow band within the area of overlap that coincided with the positions of intertroop confrontations. Female genital marks and male arm marks, as well as the accompanying male shoulder rubs thus appear to demarcate territorial borders.
通过对马达加斯加野外的2群环尾狐猴（狐猴属）进行焦点动物气味标记行为抽样，收集了超过350小时的观察数据。虽然它们没有优先标记任何树枝种类，但它们确实有偏好的标记地点。在群体间重叠的家域区域沉积的气味标记明显多于专属使用区域。然而，在重叠区域的边缘沉积的标记很少。相反，大多数标记位于重叠区域内的一条狭窄地带，与群体间对抗的位置重合。因此，雌性生殖器标记、雄性手臂标记以及伴随的雄性肩部摩擦似乎划定了领土边界。
