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Metatarsal gland

An animal can control release of odor molecules from body surfaces, especially skin gland areas, up to a point. But in moist air, volatiles from secretions on skin or hair will evaporate more easily. If only intermittent odor emission is desirable, humidity would interfere with the animal s odor release. Glands that produce such intermittent signals, such as alarm odors, appear to be more developed in species or subspecies in drier climates. An example is the metatarsal gland in... [Pg.4]

Apocrine (modified sweat Metatarsal gland Black-tailed deer... [Pg.44]

Hershkovitz, P. 1958. The metatarsal glands in white-tailed deer and related forms of the Neotropical Region. Mammalia, 22, 537—546. [Pg.13]

Black-tailed deer possess three glands which along with urine play a role in social chemical communication among their conspecifics. The tarsal scents acts in individual recognition, the metatarsal odor functions as an alarm pheromone and the substances from the forehead are employed for marking (193). [Pg.17]

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