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An Examination of the Function of Urine Washing in Galago senegalensis
Author(s) -
Harcourt Caroline
Publication year - 1981
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.1439-0310.1981.tb01263.x
Subject(s) - galago , urine , biology , ecology , primate , endocrinology
A wild, female Galago senegalensis molohi (lesser bushbaby) was radio collared and followed for 139 h. The occurrence of ‘urine washing’, wetting the hands and feet with urine, was recorded and analysed in terms of when and where it took place and with what other behaviours it was associated. Data from the present study and others indicated that urine washing did not function as an olfactory sign marking territorial boundaries. It was suggested that in this species it facilitated grip.