Long-chain fatty acids in the anal gland of the red panda, Ailurus fulgens
Abstract
The red panda (Ailurus fulgen) is reddish brown, long-tailed mammal, found in the mountain forests of the Himalayas and adjacent areas of eastern Asia, which subsists mainly on bamboo (Choudhury, 2001). This species as with most Carnivora, possesses paired anal glands used by both sexes to scent-mark. Red pandas emit a musky odor from these glands when excited (Nowak, 1991), and according to Roberts and Gittleman (1984) secretions from these anal glands, in addition to urine and feces, are used to mark territories.
- Publication:
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Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
- Pub Date:
- 2003
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0305-1978(03)00060-7
- Bibcode:
- 2003BioSE..31.1057W
- Keywords:
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- Ailurus fulgen;
- Ailuridae;
- Red panda;
- Anal glands;
- 2-piperidinone;
- Fatty acids;
- Squalene;
- Cholesterol