- The
preorbital gland is a
paired exocrine gland found in many
species of artiodactyls,
which is
homologous to the
lacrimal gland found in humans. These...
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typically opened involuntarily as a
result of
facial muscle contractions, the
preorbital glands near the eyes can be
voluntarily opened much
wider and even everted...
- deer
family differs from cervids, or true deer, by
lacking antlers and
preorbital glands also,
possessing only a
single pair of teats, a gallbladder, a...
- the rest of the year. The
preorbital gland secretion of
muskoxen has a "light, sweetish, ethereal" odor.
Analysis of
preorbital gland secretion extract...
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family groups. The
animal marks its
territory with sweet-and-sour-smelling
preorbital gland secretions, and
males and
females have
separate territories that...
- have only two
functional teats.
Unlike serows,
gorals have no
working preorbital glands. Grubb, P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal...
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their mating period (rut).
These deer have well-developed
metatarsal and
preorbital glands. The
volatile components of
these glands were
examined from a free-ranging...
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stripe runs
along the
spine (back bone). The
chital has well-developed
preorbital glands (near the eyes) with
stiff hairs. It also has well-developed metatarsal...
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three hectares. They scent-mark the
boundaries with
secretions from
their preorbital glands.
There may be an
individual or
communal dung pile on the periphery...
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musky odor.
Males mark
territory with a
preorbital scent gland which is on the
sides of the head. The
preorbital gland's
secretion contains the
highly odoriferous...
