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    Males’ Olfactory Discrimination of Receptive State of Females in Rat-Like Hamsters (Cricetulus Triton)

    The odors of female mammals varies with reproductive states. Males can thus detect a female’s receptive status by the odors from the whole body odor, urine, specialized skin glands, or vaginal discharge. Gener...

    Jian-Xu Zhang, Zhi-Bin Zhang, Zu-Wang Wang in Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 9 (2001)