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First documentation of flehmen in a common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)

โœ Scribed by Thomas A. Zapico

Book ID
101269063
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
236 KB
Volume
18
Category
Article
ISSN
0733-3188

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โœฆ Synopsis

A male common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) was observed giving a flehmen grimace on 14 occasions in July and August of 1998 at the Denver Zoo. Twelve instances of flehmen occurred after anogenital investigation of the female as she was exiting the pool. The two other instances of flehmen occurred in the terrestrial portion of the enclosure after the male examined samples of the female's freshly voided urine. The frequency of flehmen increased as the female approached estrus. Flehmen in common hippos may be an example of an evolutionary remnant. Zoo Biol 18: 415-420, 1999.

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