A slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea) rubbing and scent marking a 3-mercapto- 3-methylbutanol dispenser(8.1MB, 00:00:31)Shot Date: 2015/12/01 Shot Location: Northern Botswana | ||
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A slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea) rubbing and scent marking a 3-mercapto- 3-methylbutanol dispenser(8.1MB, 00:00:31)Shot Date: 2015/12/01 Shot Location: Northern Botswana | ||
| species Galerella sanguinea Key Words | |
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Animalia >Chordata >Mammalia >Carnivora >Unidentified >Herpestidae >
A slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea) frantically rubbing and scent marking a 3-
mercapto-3-methylbutanol dispenser. 3-mercapto-3-methylbutanol is a major odorous component of tomcat urine. Video shot in natural light by a Bushnell Trophycam camera trap. The date stamp on the video is wrong.
Below is the abstract from the article containing this video:
The scent of 3-mercapto-3-methylbutanol (3-M-3-MB), a volatile component of leopard (Panthera padres) and domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus) urine, released at about 10 ng/s from slow-release dispensers, elicited scent-marking from African civet (Civettictis civetta), small-spotted genet (Genetta genetta) and slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea), as well as African wildcat (F. s. cafra). A female leopard was apparently repelled by the scent. The scent-marking and scent-rubbing by species other than African wildcats and leopards were unexpected and have important implications for the design of studies to investigate chemical communication between wild mammals and the use of camera traps to estimate animal numbers. Videos showing the behaviours referred to in this article are available at; http://www.momo-p.com/showdetail-e.php?movieid=momo161223fs01a; http://www.momo-p.com/showdetail-e.php?movieid=momo161223gs01a; http://www.momo-p.com/showdetail-e.php?movieid=momo161223gg01a.
Peter Apps, Megan Claase, Ben Yexley, and J. Weldon McNutt (2017)
Interspecific responses of wild African carnivores to odour of 3- mercapto-3-methylbutanol, a component of wildcat and leopard urine. J Ethol. 10.1007/s10164-016-0503-7
(Data No.momo161223gs01a)
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