The responses of one-day old Acomys cabirinus pups to naturally occurring chemical stimuli.

Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie
R H Porter, K Ruttle

Abstract

The role of olfactory stimuli in the mediation of the behavior of 26--36 hour old spiny mice (Acomys cabirinus) was assessed through a series of six experiments. The major results of these experiments are: 1. One day old spiny mice showed a preference for soiled bedding from their own home-cage as compared to clean bedding in a simultaneous two-choice preference test. 2. No significant preference was displayed for home-cage bedding vs. bedding from the cage of a conspecific litter and parents. 3. Soiled bedding from the home-cage was preferred over soiled bedding from the cage of a nulliparous adult female conspecific. 4. A reduced mean latency to leave an area of clean bedding was found in comparison to mean latencies to leave soiled bedding from the subjects' home-cage or from the cage of a conspecific litter. 5. No differential activity levels were displayed on home-cage vs. clean bedding. It was concluded that by the second day of life, Acomys pups have developed attachment to chemical stimuli produced by specific classes of conspecifics--and that the early appearance of such attachments is a function of the high degree of sensory and motor precocity of the Acomys pups at birth. The adaptive value of such rapidly developed ...Continue Reading

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Mar 15, 1986·Experientia·R L Doty
Dec 1, 1992·Journal of Neurobiology·M Leon
Jan 1, 1976·Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie·R H Porter
Dec 16, 2006·American Journal of Primatology·Timothy D SmithEdward E Morrison
Sep 1, 1986·Developmental Psychobiology·R H PorterJ A Matochik

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