Chemical composition of scent marks in the ringtailed lemur (Lemur catta): Glandular differences, seasonal variation, and individual signatures

Chemical Senses

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 493-504

  Scordato, Elizabeth S ^a   Dubay, George ^a   Drea, Christine M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Olfactory communication; Principal component analysis; Social dominance; Squalene; Strepsirrhine primate

Indexed keywords

3 DECANOL; ARACHIDIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHOLESTANOL; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; CYCLODECANE; DECANOL; ESTER; HEPTADECANOIC ACID; HEXADECANE; LANOSTEROL; LAURIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; NONANOIC ACID; OCTANOIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; SQUALENE; STEARIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECANOIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIP; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; SCENT GLAND; SCROTUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SECRETORY GRANULE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEMUR; MALE; SCENT GLANDS; SEASONS; VOLATILIZATION;

LEMUR; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 34447580034     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjm018     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Alberts AC. 1992. Constraints on the design of chemical communication systems in terrestrial vertebrates. Am Nat. 139(Suppl):s62-s69.
2. Albone ES. 1984. Mammalian semiochemistry. New York: Wiley and Sons.
3. Belcher AM, Epple G, Greenfield KL, Richards LE, Kuderling I, Smith ABI. 1990. Proteins: Biologically relevant components of the scent marks of a primate (Saguinus fuscicollis). Chem Senses. 15:431-446.
4. Belcher AM, Smith ABI, Jurs PC, Lavine B, Epple G. 1986. Analysis of chemical signals in a primate species (Saguinus fuscicollis): Use of behavioral, chemical and pattern recognition methods. J Chem Ecol. 12:513-531.
5. Brown RE, Macdonald DW. 1985. Social odours in mammals. Vol. 1. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
6. Candolin U. 2003. The use of multiple cues in mate choice. Biol Rev. 78: 575-595.
7. Drea CM. 2007. Sex differences and seasonal patterns in steroid secretion in Lemur catta: Are socially dominant females hormonally 'masculinized'? Horm Behav. 51:555-567.
8. Drea CM, Scordato ES. Forthcoming. Olfactory communication in the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta): Form and function of multimodal signals. In: Beynon RJ, Hurst JL, Roberts SC, Wyatt T, editors. Chemical signals in vertebrates 11. New York: Springer.
9. Drea CM, Vignieri SN, Kim S, Weldele ML, Glickman SE. 2002. Responses to olfactory stimuli in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta): II. Discrimination of conspecific scent. J Comp Psychol. 116:342-349.
10. Dugmore SJ, Bailey K, Evans CS. 1984. Discrimination by male ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) between the scent marks of male and those of female conspecifics. Int J Primatol. 5:235-245.
11. Dugmore SJ, Evans CS. 1990. Discrimination of conspecific chemosignals by female ringtail lemurs, Lemur catta L. In: Macdonald DW, Muller-Schwartze D, Nalynczuk SE, editors. Chemical signals in vertebrates 5. Oxford: Oxford Science. p. 360-366.
12. Eisenberg JF, Kleiman DG. 1972. Olfactory communication in mammals. Annu Rev Biol. 3:1-32.
13. Epple G. 1986. Communication by chemical signals. In: Erwin MJ, editor. Comparative primate biology. New York: Liss. p. 531-580.
14. Evans CS, Goy RW. 1968. Social behaviour and reproductive cycles in captive Ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta). J Zool Lond. 156:181-197.
15. Gese EM. 2001. Territorial defense by coyotes (Canis latrans) in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: Who, how, where, when, and why. Can J Zool. 79:980-987.
16. Goodwin TE, Brown TE, Patrick A, Eggert MS, Evola MG, House SJ, Morshedi RG, Weddell ME, Chen CJ, Jackson SR, et al. Forthcoming. Use of automated solid phase dynamic extraction (SPDE)/GC-MS and novel macros in the search for African elephant pheromones. In: Beynon RJ, Hurst JL, Roberts SC, Wyatt T, editors. Chemical signals in vertebrates 11. New York: Springer Press.
17. Gosling LM. 1982. A reassessment of the function of scent marking in territories. Z Tierpsychol. 60:89-118.
18. Hayes RA, Morelli TL, Wright PC. 2004. Anogenital gland secretions of Lemur catta and Propithecus verreauxi coquereli: A preliminary chemical examination. Am J Primatol. 63:49-62.
19. Hayes RA, Morelli TL, Wright PC. 2005. The chemistry of scent marking in two lemurs: Lemur catta and Propithecus verreauxi coquereli. In: Mason RT, LeMaster MP, Muller-Schwartze D, editors. Chemical signals in vertebrates X. New York: Springer Press. p. 159-167.
20. Hayes RA, Richardson BJ, Wyllie SG. 2003. To fix or not to fix: The role of 2-phenoxyethanol in rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus, chin gland secretion. J Chem Ecol. 29:1051-1064.
21. Hurst JL, Robertson DHL, Tolladay U, Beynon RJ. 1998. Proteins in urine scent marks of male house mice extend the longevity of olfactory signals. Anim Behav. 55:1289-1297.
22. Johnston RE, Jernigan P. 1994. Golden hamsters recognize individuals, not just individual scents. Anim Behav. 48:129-136.
23. Jolly A. 1966. Lemur behavior. Chicago (IL): University of Chicago Press.
24. Kappeler PM. 1990. Social status and scent-marking behaviour in Lemur catta. Anim Behav. 40:774-776.
25. Kappeler PM. 1993. Variation in social structure: The effects of sex and kinship on social interactions in three lemur species. Ethology. 93: 125-145.
26. Kappeler PM. 1998. To whom it may concern: The transmission and function of chemical signals in Lemur catta. Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 42:411-421.
27. Knapp LA, Robson J, Waterhouse JS. 2006. Olfactory signals and the MHC: a review and a case study in Lemur catta. Am J Primatol. 68:568-584.
28. Kruczek M. 1997. Male rank and female choice in the bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus. Behav Processes. 40:171-176.
29. Mateo JM. 2003. Kin recognition in ground squirrels and other rodents. J Mammal. 84:1163-1181.
30. Mateo JM. 2006. The nature and representation of individual recognition odours in Belding's ground squirrels. Anim Behav. 71:141-154.
31. Mertl AS. 1975. Discrimination of individuals by scent in a primate. Behav Biol. 14:505-509.
32. Mertl-Milhollen AS. 1988. Olfactory demarcation of territorial but not home range boundaries by Lemur catta. Folia Primatol. 50:175-187.
33. Mertl-Millhollen AS. 2006. Scent marking as resource defense by female Lemur catta. Am J Primatol. 68:605-621.
34. Montagna W, Yun JS. 1962. The skin of primates X: The skin of the ringtailed lemur (Lemur catta). Am J Phys Anthropol. 20:95-117.
35. Nevison CM, Armstrong S, Beynon RJ, Humphries RE, Hurst JL. 2003. The ownership signature in mouse scent marks is involatile. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 270:1957-1963.
36. Palagi E, Dapporto L. 2006. Beyond odor discrimination: Demonstrating individual recognition by scent in Lemur catta. Chem Senses. 31: 437-443.
37. Palagi E, Telara S, Tarli SMB. 2003. Sniffing behavior in Lemur catta seasonality, sex, and rank. Int J Primatol. 24:335-349.
38. Palagi E, Telara S, Tarli SMB. 2004. Reproductive strategies in Lemur catta: Balance among sending, receiving, and countermarking scent signals. Int J Primatol. 25:1019-1031.
39. Parga JA. 2006. Male mate choice in Lemur catta. Int J Primatol. 27:107-131.
40. Partan SR, Marler P. 2005. issues in the classification of multimodal communication signals. Am Nat. 166:231-245.
41. Pereira ME. 1991. Asynchrony within estrous synchrony among ringtailed lemurs (Lemur catta). Physiol Behav. 49:47-52.
42. Ralls K. 1971. Mammalian scent marking. Science. 171:443-449.
43. Rosell F. 2002. Do Eurasian beavers smear their pelage with castoreum and anal gland secretion? J Chem Ecol. 28:1697-1701.
44. Russell EM. 1985. The prototherians: Order Monotremata. In: Macdonald DW, Brown RE, editors. Social oclours in mammals. Oxford: Clarendon. p. 37-45.
45. Safi K, Kerth G. 2003. Secretions of the interaural gland contain information about individuality and colony membership in the Bechstein's bat. Anim Behav. 65:363-369.
46. Schilling A. 1979. Olfactory communication in prosimians. In: Doyle GA, Martin RD, editors. The study of prosimian behavior. New York: Academic Press. p. 461-542.
47. Scordato ES, Drea CM. 2007. Scents and sensibility: Information content of olfactory signals in the ringtailed lemur, Lemur catta. Anim Behav. 73:301-314.
48. Smith TE, Gordon SJ. 2002. Sex differences in olfactory communication in Saguinus labiatus. Int J Primatol. 23:429-441.
49. Smith TE, Tomlinson AJ, Mlotkiewicz JA, Abbott DH. 2001. Female marmoset monkeys (Callithrix jacchus) can be identified from the chemical composition of their scent marks. Chem Senses. 26: 449-458.
50. Van Horn RN, Resko JA. 1977. The reproductive cycle of the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta): Sex steroid levels and sexual receptivity under controlled photoperiods. Endocrinology. 101:1579-15867
51. Yarger RG, Smith ABI, Preti G, Epple G. 1977. The major volatile constituents of the scent mark of a South American primate, Saguinus fuscicollis, Callitrichidae. J Chem Ecol. 3:45-56.