Characteristics of urine spraying and scraping the ground with hind paws as scent-marking of captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)

Olfactory communication is common in felids. We observed two scent-markings, urine spraying and scraping the ground with hind paws during excretion, of 25 captive cheetahs. We analyzed the association of sniffing with the timing of urine spraying and scraping, and differences in these behaviors base...

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Autores principales: Kinoshita, Kodzue, Suzuki, Misa, Sasaki, Yuuta, Yonezawa, Aya, Kamitani, Hisayoshi, Okuda, Ryuta, Ishikawa, Tatsuya, Tsukui, Kenta, Kohshima, Shiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9481607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36114203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19257-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9481607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36114203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19257-7

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