Sex‐differences in the Agonistic Behavior of Spiny‐mice (Acomys cahirinus)
- 12 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Zeitschrift Fur Tierpsychologie
- Vol. 40 (1) , 100-108
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1976.tb00928.x
Abstract
Observations of 8 groups each containing three adult spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) revealed that instances of chasing and physical displacement were quite common, while fighting and biting were rarely observed. The relationships between the most frequent behavioral categories were presented in a correlation matrix.In a second, study, ♀♀ tested in their home cages were dominant over ♂♂ In the ♂♂ home cages, however, no differences in the frequency of ♀ vs. ♂ aggression were observed. More instances of aggression were observed in the cages of the ♀♀ than in the cages of the ♂♂.Keywords
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