Señalización olorosa y visual del lobo ibérico (Canis lupus signatus Cabrera, 1907) en el Zoo de Madrid

摘要: Scent and visual marking by Iberian wolf at Madrid zoo Marking constitues a substantial part of behaviour Zoo, where two pairs are alternatively exhibited. As in the wild, marks leaved Wolfs Zoo (urine marks, faeces, scratching rubbing marks) were distributed according to conspicuous features environment (trees different size, stone groupings, walls, ditches, etc.), both behaving distinctive way. was not restricted their well-known territorial function. So, animals also seen urinating food caches after empied. Besides, dead rats pieces meat deliberately placed on particular detached stones, perhaps with demarcatory intention as well.