Animal scent marking
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Territorial marking is behavior used by animals to identify their territory. Most commonly, this is scent marking, accomplished by depositing strong-smelling chemicals such as urine at prominent locations within the territory. Not only does the marking communicate to others of the same species, but it is also noted by prey species and avoided. Example include:
- Felids such as leopards and jaguars mark by rubbing themselves against vegetation.
- One ungulate, the Blue Wildebeest, uses scent marking from two glands, the preorbital gland and a scent gland in the hoof.
- Dogs and other canids scent-mark by urination and defecation,
- Cats scent-mark by rubbing their faces and flanks against objects.
- Many prosimians use territorial marking; for example, the Red-bellied Lemur creates territories for groups of two to ten individuals in the rainforests of eastern Madagascar
- the male Diademed Sifaka alos scent marks defended territories in some of these same rainforests.
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- Animal communication
- Animal dominance
- Pheromones
- Territorality
- Territorial aggression
- Territorial marking in humans
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