The asymmetric scent: ringtailed lemurs (Lemur catta) have distinct chemical signatures in left and right brachial glands

The chemical analyses were funded by the Museo di Storia Naturale e del Territorio, Università di Pisa and performed there by the author. Elisabetta Palagi from the same Institution had a fundamental role in obtaining and collecting the samples.

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Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica, “Leo Pardi”, Florence University, via Romana 17, 50125, Firenze, Italy
Leonardo Dapporto

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Dapporto, L. The asymmetric scent: ringtailed lemurs (Lemur catta) have distinct chemical signatures in left and right brachial glands. Naturwissenschaften 95, 1009 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-008-0427-3

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Accepted: 02 July 2008
Published: 22 August 2008
Issue Date: October 2008
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-008-0427-3

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