Suckling behavior in Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx L.) cubs: Characteristics and correlation with competitive interactions
ABSTRACT There is substantial evidence in the literature that the offspring of many mammal species prefer a particular pair of nipples. There is also a definite “nipple order” in individual litters in which each young predominantly uses one or two particular nipples. In combination with early compet...
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crwiley:10.1002/zoo.21173 2024-09-15T18:41:46+00:00 Suckling behavior in Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx L.) cubs: Characteristics and correlation with competitive interactions Glukhova, Alla Naidenko, Sergey Russian Foundation for Basic Research 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21173 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fzoo.21173 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/zoo.21173 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Zoo Biology volume 33, issue 5, page 388-393 ISSN 0733-3188 1098-2361 journal-article 2014 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21173 2024-08-06T04:13:39Z ABSTRACT There is substantial evidence in the literature that the offspring of many mammal species prefer a particular pair of nipples. There is also a definite “nipple order” in individual litters in which each young predominantly uses one or two particular nipples. In combination with early competitive interactions, such “constancy” can play an important role in the social development of the young. In this study, we reveal an unequal use of different pairs of mothers' nipples by 42 Eurasian lynx cubs in 16 litters and investigate the relationship of this phenomenon with the early competitive interactions of the cubs and their physical development. For the lynx cubs, the most often used pair of nipples is the middle pair. There is also definite “nipple order” in each litter. We found a negative correlation between nipples use by the offspring and their competitive activity. No influence of “nipple order” on the cubs' growth rate was detected. Zoo Biol. 33:388–393, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals Inc. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lynx Lynx lynx lynx Wiley Online Library Zoo Biology n/a n/a |
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ABSTRACT There is substantial evidence in the literature that the offspring of many mammal species prefer a particular pair of nipples. There is also a definite “nipple order” in individual litters in which each young predominantly uses one or two particular nipples. In combination with early competitive interactions, such “constancy” can play an important role in the social development of the young. In this study, we reveal an unequal use of different pairs of mothers' nipples by 42 Eurasian lynx cubs in 16 litters and investigate the relationship of this phenomenon with the early competitive interactions of the cubs and their physical development. For the lynx cubs, the most often used pair of nipples is the middle pair. There is also definite “nipple order” in each litter. We found a negative correlation between nipples use by the offspring and their competitive activity. No influence of “nipple order” on the cubs' growth rate was detected. Zoo Biol. 33:388–393, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals Inc. |
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Glukhova, Alla Naidenko, Sergey Suckling behavior in Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx L.) cubs: Characteristics and correlation with competitive interactions |
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Glukhova, Alla Naidenko, Sergey |
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Suckling behavior in Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx L.) cubs: Characteristics and correlation with competitive interactions |
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Suckling behavior in Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx L.) cubs: Characteristics and correlation with competitive interactions |
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Suckling behavior in Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx L.) cubs: Characteristics and correlation with competitive interactions |
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Suckling behavior in Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx L.) cubs: Characteristics and correlation with competitive interactions |
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Suckling behavior in Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx L.) cubs: Characteristics and correlation with competitive interactions |
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suckling behavior in eurasian lynx ( lynx lynx l.) cubs: characteristics and correlation with competitive interactions |
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