Discrimination between males and females by scent in Lemur fulvus.
Two captive male Lemur fulvus were presented with scents of conspecific males and females, outside the mating season. Both subjects sniffed male scents significantly more than female scents. Male and female scents did not elicit significantly different amounts of scent marking. None of the responses of either subject suggested any discrimination of sub-species by scent.
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005260:Female; D007900:Lemur / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009812:Odorants; D012737:Sex Factors; D012903:Smell; D011443:Strepsirhini / Q000502:physiology*