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Sex‐differences in the Agonistic Behavior of Spiny‐mice ( Acomys cahirinus )
Author(s) -
Porter Richard H.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
zeitschrift für tierpsychologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0044-3573
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1976.tb00928.x
Subject(s) - agonistic behaviour , aggression , biting , zoology , cage , biology , psychology , developmental psychology , ecology , mathematics , combinatorics
Observations of 8 groups each containing three adult spiny mice ( Acomys cahirinus ) revealed that instances of chasing and physical displacement were quite common, while fighting and biting were rarely observed. The relationships between the most frequent behavioral categories were presented in a correlation matrix. In a second, study, ♀♀ tested in their home cages were dominant over ♂♂ In the ♂♂ home cages, however, no differences in the frequency of ♀ vs. ♂ aggression were observed. More instances of aggression were observed in the cages of the ♀♀ than in the cages of the ♂♂.