Apio A, Kabasa JD, Ketmaier V, Schroeder C, Plath M, Tiedemann R (2010) Female philopatry and male dispersal in a cryptic, bush-dwelling antelope: a combined molecular and behavioural approach. J Zool 280(2):213–220. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00654.x

Article  Google Scholar 

Baudoin C, Feron C, Magnusson MS (1991) Male-female interactions in staggerer and non-mutant mice: impairment to react to novelty as a possible explanation of staggerer male social-behavior. Behav Processes 24(1):49–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/0376-6357(91)90086-f

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Beauchamp GK, Yamazaki K, Bard J, Boyse EA (1988) Preweaning experience in the control of mating preferences by genes in the major histocompatibility complex of the mouse. Behav Genet 18(4):537–547. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01065520

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Blumstein DT, Steinmetz J, Armitage KB, Daniel JC (1997) Alarm calling in yellow-bellied marmots: II. The importance of direct fitness. Anim Behav 53(1):173–184. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1996.0286

Article  Google Scholar 

Bollinger EK, Harper SJ, Kramer JM, Barrett GW (1991) Avoidance of inbreeding in the meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus). J Mammal 72(2):419–421. https://doi.org/10.2307/1382117

Article  Google Scholar 

Cavigelli SA, Michael KC, West SG, Klein LC (2011) Behavioral responses to physical vs. social novelty in male and female laboratory rats. Behav Processes 88 (1): 56–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2011.06.006

Cheetham SA, Thom MD, Jury F, Ollier WER, Beynon RJ, Hurst JL (2007) The genetic basis of individual-recognition signals in the mouse. Curr Biol 17(20):1771–1777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.007

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Clark KE, Messler KA, Ferkin MH (2020) Sex differences in olfactory social recognition memory in meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus. Ethology 126(10):993–1003. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13074

Article  Google Scholar 

Clarke FM, Faulkes CG (1999) Kin discrimination and female mate choice in the naked mole-rat Heterocephalus glaber. Proc R Soc B 266(1432):1995–2002. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1999.0877

Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Clemens AM, Wang H, Brecht M (2020) The lateral septum mediates kinship behavior in the rat. Nat Commun 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16489-x

Correa LA, Aspillaga-Cid A, Bauer CM, Silva-Álvarez D, León C, Ramírez-Estrada J, Soto-Gamboa M, Hayes LD, Ebensperger LA (2024) Social environment and anogenital distance length phenotype interact to explain testosterone levels in a communally rearing rodent: Part 1: The male side. Horm Behav 160:105479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105479

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Davis TM (1975) Effects of familiarity on agonistic encounter behavior in male degus (Octodon degus). Behav Biol 14(4):511–517. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0091-6773(75)90696-3

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Ebensperger LA, Veloso C, Wallem PK (2002) Do female degus communally nest and nurse their pups? J Ethol 20(2):143–146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10164-002-0063-x

Article  Google Scholar 

Ebensperger LA, Hurtado MJ, Soto-Gamboa M, Lacey EA, Chang AT (2004) Communal nesting and kinship in degus (Octodon degus). Naturwissenschaften 91(8):391–395. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-004-0545-5

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Ebensperger LA, Chesh AS, Castro RA, Tolhuysen LO, Quirici V, Burger JR, Hayes LD (2009) Instability rules social groups in the communal breeder rodent Octodon degus. Ethology 115(6):540–554. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01635.x

Article  Google Scholar 

Ebensperger LA, Correa LA, Ly Prieto Á, Pérez de Arce F, Abades S, Hayes LD (2019) Multiple mating is linked to social setting and benefits the males in a communally rearing mammal. Behav Ecol 30(3):675–687. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz003

Article  Google Scholar 

Fischer RB, Smith SL, White PJ, Meunier GF (1986) Sex differences during initial social contact in the degu (Octodon degus). Behav Processes 12(1):67–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/0376-6357(86)90072-0

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Fricker BA, Ho D, Seifert AW, Kelly AM (2023) Biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species. Sci Rep 13(1):17040. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44257-6

Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Fulk G (1976) Notes on the activity, reproduction and social behaviour of Octodon degus. J Mammal 57:495–505. https://doi.org/10.2307/1379298

Article  Google Scholar 

Green JP, Holmes AM, Davidson AJ, Paterson S, Stockley P, Beynon RJ, Hurst JL (2015) The genetic basis of kin recognition in a cooperatively breeding mammal. Curr Biol 25(20):2631–2641. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.045

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Gross J, Ligges U (2015) nortest: Tests for Normality. R package version 1.0–4. URL: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=nortest

Halpin ZT (1991) Kin recognition cues of vertebrates. In: Hepper PG (ed) Kin Recognition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 220–258

Chapter  Google Scholar 

Halpin ZT, Hoffman MD (1987) Sibling recognition in the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus: association or phenotype matching? Anim Behav 35:563–570. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-3472(87)80282-8

Article  Google Scholar 

Hare JF (1998) Juvenile Richardson’s ground squirrels (Spermophilus richardsonii) manifest both littermate and neighbour/stranger discrimination. Ethology 104(12):991–1002. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00048.x

Article  Google Scholar 

Hepper PG (1991) Kin Recognition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Book  Google Scholar 

Heth G, Todrank J, Johnston RE (1998) Kin recognition in golden hamsters: evidence for phenotype matching. Anim Behav 56:409–417. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1998.0747

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Holmes WG (1984) Sibling recognition in thirteen-lined ground squirrels: effects of genetic relatedness, rearing association, and olfaction. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 14:225–233. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00299622

Article  Google Scholar 

Holmes WG (1986) Kin recognition by phenotype matching in female Belding’s ground squirrels. Anim Behav 34(Part 1 0):38–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-3472(86)90004-7

Article  Google Scholar 

Holmes WG, Sherman PW (1982) The ontogeny of kin recognition in two species of ground squirrels. Am Zool 22:491–417. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/22.3.491

Article  Google Scholar 

Hoogland JL (1982) Prairie dogs avoid extreme inbreeding. Science 215(4540):1639–1641. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.215.4540.1639

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Hurst J, Payne C, Nevison C, Marie A, Humphries R, Robertson D, Cavaggioni A, Beynon R (2001) Individual recognition in mice mediated by major urinary proteins. Nature 414(6864):631–634. https://doi.org/10.1038/414631a

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Jesseau SA, Holmes WG, Lee TM (2008) Mother-offspring recognition in communally nesting degus, Octodon degus. Anim Behav 75:573–582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.06.015

Article  Google Scholar 

Johnston RE (1993) Memory for individual scent in hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) as assessed by habituation methods. J Comp Psychol 107(2):201–207. https://doi.org/10.1037/0735-7036.107.2.201

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Johnston RE (2003) Chemical communication in rodents: from pheromones to individual recognition. J Mammal 84(4):1141–1162. https://doi.org/10.1644/BLe-010

Article  Google Scholar 

Johnston RE, Sorokin ES, Ferkin MH (1997) Female voles discriminate males’ over-marks and prefer top-scent males. Anim Behav 54:679–690. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1997.0471

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Kamenetzky GV, Suárez AB, Ifran MC, Nizhnikov ME, Pautassi RM (2018) Influence of prenatal pre-exposure to an odor on intake behavior of an aversive solution in newborn rats. Neurosci Lett 673:7–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2018.02.053