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| Title: | Free-ranging Eurasian beavers, Castor fiber, deposit anal gland secretion when scent marking |
| Authors: | Rosell, Frank
Bergan, Frode |
| Issue Date: | 1998 |
| Abstract: | Two adult free-ranging Eurasian Beavers (Castor fiber) were observed depositing anal gland secretion at the border of thei
territory byeverting the "cloaca", protruding the anal gland openings and rubbing them against the surface as the anin1a
walked over the scent mound. We suggest that anal gland secretion applied to scent marks on land has some as ye
unknown function in territory defense of the Eurasian Beaver. |
| Keywords: | Beavers
Scent marking
Odors
Territorial behavior
Anal gland secretion |
| Publisher: | Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club |
| Document type: | Journal article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2282/525 |
| Appears in Collections: | Institutt for natur-, helse- og miljøvernfag
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