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Volatile components in dorsal gland secretions of the collared peccary,Tayassu tajacu (Tayassuidae, mammalia)

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Secretions of the dorsal gland of free-ranging adult male and female collared peccaries (Tayassu tajacu) were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Both sexes contain (2E,6E,10E)-geranylgeraniol; squalene (allE isomer); and the following isomers of springene, a diterpene homolog of β-farnesene: (3E,6E,10E)-α-springene, (3Z,6E,10E)-α-springene, and (6E,10E)-β-springene. A diterpene alcohol and an additional isomer each of squalene and springene also were observed. Straight- and branched-chain esters abound in the secretions of females, but they were not detected in males.

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  1. Environmental Sciences Research Centre, Anglia Polytechnic University, East Road, CB1 1PT, Cambridge, U.K.

    John S. Waterhouse & Jia Ke

  2. AICR-Rothamsted, AL5 2JQ, Harpenden, Herts, U.K.

    John A. Pickett

  3. Conservation and Research Center, Smithsonian Institution, 1500 Remount Road, 22630, Front Royal, Virginia

    Paul J. Weldon

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Waterhouse, J.S., Ke, J., Pickett, J.A. et al. Volatile components in dorsal gland secretions of the collared peccary,Tayassu tajacu (Tayassuidae, mammalia). J Chem Ecol 22, 1307–1314 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02266967

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