- 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...
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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...
- 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...
- females.
Muntjacs are
unique among the deer,
having large,
obvious facial (
preorbital, in
front of the eyes)
scent glands used to mark
territories or to attract...
- cold
winters or hot summers. Serows,
unlike gorals, make use of
their preorbital glands in
territorial scent marking.
Fossils of serow-like
animals date...
-
family groups. The
animal marks its
territory with sweet-and-sour-smelling
preorbital gland secretions, and
males and
females have
separate territories that...
-
Pronghorns have a distinct,
musky odor.
Males mark
territory with a
preorbital scent gland which is on the
sides of the head. The
major chemical component...
- the rest of the year. The
preorbital gland secretion of
muskoxen has a "light, sweetish, ethereal" odor.
Analysis of
preorbital gland secretion extract...
- have only two
functional teats.
Unlike serows,
gorals have no
working preorbital glands. Grubb, P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal...
