Scent-marking and maintenance behaviour of captive red brocket males (Mazama rufa) kept eight hours in a new environment

Marcação de odor e comportamento de manutenção de machos veado-mateiros (Mazama rufa) mantidos oito horas em um novo ambiente

Autores

  • Eluzai Dinai Pinto Sandoval
  • Valdir Nogueira Neto
  • Maria Helena Mazzoni Baldini
  • Mariana Parra Cerezo
  • José Mauricio Barbanti Duarte
  • Mateus José Rodrigues Paranhos da Costa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34188/bjaerv5n4-037

Palavras-chave:

animal behavior, captive wild animal, Cervidae, neotropical deer, territory marking

Resumo

Wild animals in captivity are often transferred to other facilities when cleaning or maintenance of the facilities where they live is carried out. The aim of this study was to assess the behavioural response of five red brocket males (Mazama rufa) after being moved to a new environment. The animals are kept in individual stalls, being eventually moved to an unfamiliar stall, previously occupied by other individuals. The latencies and frequencies of scent-marking and maintenance behaviours were recorded for eight hours after moving each animal to the new stall. Licking behaviour was the behaviour most frequently displayed (20 to 62 times), with latencies ranging from 0,02 to 12,17min. It was followed by urinating/defecating with a frequency of 24 to 56 times (latency 2,13-46 min) and flehmen, with a frequency of 11 to 24 times (latency 0,1-21,08 min). Rubbing was observed in only two deer. The Pearson´s correlation coefficients showed a positive association between flehmen and licking latencies and urinating/defecating and sleeping latencies (P<0,05, for both). It also showed that flehmen and urinating/defecating frequencies are inversely related (P<0,05). The behaviour of M. rufa males after being moved to an unfamiliar stall were characterized by common exploratory and scent-marking behaviours.

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2022-11-22

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Sandoval, E. D. P., Nogueira Neto, V., Baldini, M. H. M., Cerezo, M. P., Duarte, J. M. B., & da Costa, M. J. R. P. (2022). Scent-marking and maintenance behaviour of captive red brocket males (Mazama rufa) kept eight hours in a new environment: Marcação de odor e comportamento de manutenção de machos veado-mateiros (Mazama rufa) mantidos oito horas em um novo ambiente. Brazilian Journal of Animal and Environmental Research, 5(4), 3908–3921. https://doi.org/10.34188/bjaerv5n4-037

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