Scent anointing in mammals: functional and motivational insights from giant pandas
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2020Journal
Journal of MammalogyVolume
101Issue
2Start page
582End page
588
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https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article/101/2/582/5748363Abstract
Although several mammals impregnate their fur with environmental odors, a phenomenon termed scent anointing or rubbing, the functional relevance of this behavior often is unclear. One theory is that scent anointing could be a form of scent matching with environmental odors to signal competitiveness and home range occupation....Type
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© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society of Mammalogists, www.mammalogy.org.ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1093/jmammal/gyaa014
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