Cross-species Discrimination of Individual Odors by Hamsters (Muridae: Mesocricetus auratus, Phodopus campbelli)

Autor:	Tara A. Robinson, Robert E. Johnston
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Communication biology business.industry Phodopus campbelli Zoology Olfaction biology.organism_classification Flank gland Odor biology.domesticated_animal Animal Science and Zoology Animal communication Habituation Psychology business Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Mesocricetus Muridae
Zdroj:	Ethology. 94:317-325
ISSN:	1439-0310 0179-1613
DOI:	10.1111/j.1439-0310.1993.tb00448.x
Popis:	Golden hamsters, Mesocricetus auratus, and Djungarian hamsters, Phodopus campbelli, Muridae, were tested for the ability to discriminate between individual odors from both their own species and the other species. Hamsters were tested using an habituation technique, in which differences in time spent investigating familiar and novel scents indicate discrimination of individual differences. Both species showed similar patterns of results when tested with flank gland scents from golden hamsters and ventral gland scents from Djungarian hamsters: The duration of investigation of samples from the same individual scent donor declined over trials, indicating recognition of this scent, but then increased when a scent from a novel individual was presented, indicating discrimination of individual differences. Thus, the capacity and tendency to respond differentially to signals from different individuals is not confined to a single species, suggesting the lack of species-specificity in the signals and perceptual mechanisms involved in individual recognition by scent. This capacity may be common in mammals, and if so suggests the possibility for considerable knowledge of heterospecific individuals.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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