Neighbor Recognition in Two "Solitary" Carnivores: The Raccoon ( Procyon lotor ) and the Red Fox ( Vulpes fulva )
- 30 August 1974
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 185 (4153) , 794-796
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.185.4153.794
Abstract
Male raccoons and red foxes were trapped alive and exposed to each other in captivity. Animals of each species trapped close to one another demonstrated a higher frequency of initial dominance-subordinance relationships and lower frequencies of more intense aggressive interactions than did animals trapped at greater distances from each other. This suggests the existence of neighbor recognition and thus a rudimentary social structure within these free-living "solitary" species.Keywords
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