Free-ranging Eurasian beavers, Castor fiber, deposit anal gland secretion when scent marking

dc.contributor.author	Rosell, Frank
dc.contributor.author	Bergan, Frode
dc.date.accessioned	2008-04-01T08:56:51Z
dc.date.accessioned	2017-04-19T12:25:23Z
dc.date.available	2008-04-01T08:56:51Z
dc.date.available	2017-04-19T12:25:23Z
dc.date.issued	1998
dc.identifier.citation	Canadian field naturalist 112(1998) No. 3, p. 532-535
dc.identifier.issn	0008-3550
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2438081
dc.description.abstract	Two adult free-ranging Eurasian Beavers (Castor fiber) were observed depositing anal gland secretion at the border of thei territory byeverting the "cloaca", protruding the anal gland openings and rubbing them against the surface as the anin1a walked over the scent mound. We suggest that anal gland secretion applied to scent marks on land has some as ye unknown function in territory defense of the Eurasian Beaver.
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
dc.subject	Beavers
dc.subject	Scent marking
dc.subject	Odors
dc.subject	Territorial behavior
dc.subject	Anal gland secretion
dc.title	Free-ranging Eurasian beavers, Castor fiber, deposit anal gland secretion when scent marking
dc.type	Journal article
dc.type	Peer reviewed
dc.subject.nsi	485