Perioral secretions enable complex social signaling in African mole-rats (genus Fukomys)
K. R. Caspar, P. Stopka, D. Issel, K. H. Katschak, T. Zoellner, S. Zupanc, P. Zacek, S. Begall
The paper investigates perioral glands in African mole-rats, showing they produce complex odor signals involved in social communication through histology, behavior, and metabolomics.
bioRxiv · Oct 4, 2022Zoology