Volatile Urinary Signals of Two Nocturnal Primates, Microcebus murinus and M. lehilahytsara

Mouse lemurs are small, nocturnal, arboreal solitary foragers and are endemic primates of Madagascar. This lifestyle and their high predation risk can explain why mouse lemurs rely heavily on olfaction for intraspecific communication. As they often use urine for this purpose, we investigated dichlor...

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Main Authors: Jana Caspers, Ute Radespiel, Elke Zimmermann, Stefan Schulz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2020.00158/full