Gland mongoose

Egyptian mongoose Herpestes ichneumon 2,4,6,10-Tetramethyl 1-undecanoic acid Anal glands Hefetz etal., 1984... 

Hefetz, A., Ben-Yaacov, R., and Yom-Tov, Y. (1984). Sex specificity in the anal gland secretion of the Egyptian mongoose Herpestes ichneumon. Journal of Zoology 203,205-209. 

I am not aware of any other systematic attempt to investigate the complete repertoire of individually distinctive odors within a species, although more than one source of such cues has often been studied. For example, experiments with the dwarf mongoose suggest that the anal gland secretion is individually distinctive whereas the cheek gland secretion is not (Gorman, 1976 Rasa, 1973). Similarly, in both black-tailed dear and the North American beaver, one source of odor has been shown to be individually distinctive but other secretions are not (Muller-Schwarze, 1974 MUller-Schwarze, 1999). It is... 

Relative capture success of clean and predator contaminated traps can be an indicator of avoidance. Stoddart (1976) assessed the effects of weasel odors on trap success in a mixed community of rodents. Two traps were placed at 10-m intervals on a 6 x 6 grid. Paired traps were placed as close as possible to each other and a pretreatment period indicated either trap was as likely as the other to capture a rodent. One trap in each pair then was randomly selected to be treated with weasel and gland secretion during the treatment period. Robinson (1990) found that trapping patterns made little difference in small mammal response to mink odors. Tests results were similar regardless of whether the traps were placed in pairs immediately adjacent to each other or in rows at 10-m intervals. Tobin et al. (1995) compared the capture rate of rats in traps known to have previously captured a mongoose to that of clean traps. 

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