title: Scent marking (pasting) in a colony of immature spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta): a developmental study.
abstract: Pasting, a stereotypic form of anal gland scent marking, was studied in 2 cohorts (N = 20) of captive spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). A significant increment in the frequency of pasting occurred in both cohorts as the animals approached sexual maturity; however, gonadectomy during the early juvenile age period had no significant effects on subsequent pasting frequency. Dominant hyenas in both cohorts tended to scent-mark more frequently than subordinates during the late subadult period. Pasting was facilitated by the immediately preceding pasting activities of other hyenas, as has been reported to occur in nature, and olfactory investigation was the most common behavior preceding pasting.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Berkeley 94720.
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Woodmansee
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Zabel
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Glickman
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Keppel
mesh_terms: D000728:Androgens / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D004291:Dominance-Subordination; D005260:Female; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D012733:Sex Differentiation / Q000235:genetics*; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D012741:Sexual Maturation / Q000235:genetics*; D012931:Social Environment
chemical_list: D000728:Androgens