Behavioural responses of the Indian gerbil,Tatera indica to conspecific sebum odour of the ventral scent marking gland

摘要: Behavioural responses of the Indian gerbil,Tatera indica, to conspecific sebum odour male ventral marking scent gland were studied in a glass cage and plus maze. Male female gerbils attracted towards strange though its magnitude was low females possessing gland, still lower which absent. The diversity preferential behaviour femaleTatera indica is discussed relation role chemical communication among rodents. Correlating results experiments with our field observations, it appears that function inT. more ‘familiarisation’ nature label habitat for own use orientation or signal ‘home’ animal.