Scent marking by male golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). II. The role of the flank gland scent in the causation of marking.

  • 1 March 1975
    • journal article
    • Vol. 37  (2) , 138-44
Abstract
Investigated the role of the odor of the flank gland in the stimulation of flank marking by male hamsters, Mesocricetus auratus. In the first experiment it was shown that a male has customary marking posts and that a second male introduced into the first male's area will mark in the same places. In experiment 2 nine test male male flank, marked less in the home cages of flank glandectomized male male than in the cages of normal male male. In experiment 3 it was shown that flank glandectomized male male marked at within the range of frequencies for normal male male.

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