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- Title
First documentation of flehmen in a common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius).
- Authors
Zapico, Thomas A.
- Abstract
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. © 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
- Publication
Zoo Biology, 1999, Vol 18, Issue 5, p415
- ISSN
0733-3188
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1999)18:5<415::AID-ZOO6>3.0.CO;2-Z