Aplodontia rufa

Mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa, a primitive rodent from northwestern North America, fed less from food bowls if the rim was scented with mink anal gland secretion, or urine from mink, bobcat, coyote, or dog. The control odors butyric acid or guinea pig urine had no effect (Epple et fl/., 1993). Mountain beaver did not respond significantly to mustelid sulfur compounds though, yet these deter other small mammals (Epple etal, 1993). 

Epple, G., Mason, J. R., Nolte, D. L., and Campbell, D. L. (1993). Effects of predator odors on feeding in the mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa). Journal of Mammology 74, 715-711. 

Common beaver. Castor canadensis, 692 Mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa, 268 Bison, Bison bison, 120 Boar, wild, Sus scrofa, 704 Buffalo, Indian, Bubalus sp., 737... 

Campbell, D.L., J.D. Ocheltree M.G. Carey. 1988. Adaptation of mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa) to removal of underground nests. Northw. Sci. 62 75. 

Epple, G., J.R. Mason, E. Aronov, D.L. Nolte, R.A. Hartz, R. Kaloostian, D.L. Campbell A.B. Smith. 1995. Foraging responses to natural and synthetic predator cues in Aplodontia rufa, the North American mountain beaver. Ecol. Appl. 5 1163-1170. 

Martin, P. 1971. Movements and activities of the mountain beaver Aplodontia rufa. J. Mammal. 52 717-723. 

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