Perioral secretions enable complex social signaling in African mole-rats (genus Fukomys)

Abstract Subterranean common mole-rats of the genus Fukomys (family Bathyergidae) live in large, cooperatively-breeding families. Odor cues have been hypothesized to play an important role in mediating social behaviors in the underground ecotope, but only little is known about the role of olfactory...

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Main Authors: Kai R. Caspar, Pavel Stopka, Daniel Issel, Kristin H. Katschak, Till Zöllner, Sina Zupanc, Petr Žáček, Sabine Begall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26351-3