Ferrets Mustelafuro

Zhang, J.X., Soini, H.A., Bruce, K.E., Wiesler, D., Woodley, S.K.,.Baum, M.J. and Novotny, M.V. (2005) Putative chemosignals of the ferret (Mustelafuro) associated with individual and gender recognition Chem. Senses 30,121-Til. 

Another example from carnivores is the odor of anal sac secretion in the ferret, Mustelafuro. Ferrets discriminate strange from familiar individuals by this odor. (They also use anal sac secretion to distinguish males from females, a familiar individual s from own odor, and fresh from 1-day old odor, but not between fresh and odor only 2 hours old nor anestrous from estrous females [Clapperton etal., 1988]). 

The introduced ferret, Mustelafuro, in New Zealand destroys native fauna and has to be controlled. For trapping, lures based on conspecific scent gland secretions or urine compounds can be as effective as food bait. Eight constituents of the anal sac secretion have been synthesized and tested for their ability to attract... 

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