Hystrix africaeaustralis
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Sexual behavior of the female porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis.
Porcupines are sexually active throughout the estrous cycle, and sexual behavior is not affected by the reproductive status and hormonal milieu of females. Increased female-male interactions during estrus are the only indications of behavioral changes during estrus. The lack of aggression shown by females to known males as opposed to aggression shown to strange males, the greater interest shown...
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The Cape porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis is a large (11-18 kg), nocturnal, burrowing and group-living rodent. It experiences a metabolic response to seasonal acclimatization and is a hind gut fermenter. Changes in the urinary electrolyte and free urinary catecholamine concentrations of Cape porcupines were related to combined changes of ambient temperature and photoperiod regime. Three group...
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The constituent cell types of the ovary of the porcupine were similar to those of New World hystricomorph rodents and accessory corpora lutea and luteal bodies were formed through the luteinization of the membrana granulosa or theca interna of antral follicles. All luteal bodies were histologically similar. The total volume of luteal tissue per female was not affected by fetal age and was unrel...
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The Cape porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis is a large (12-18 kg) nocturnal hystricomorph rodent occurring throughout southern Africa where it is sometimes used as a source of food and often regarded as a nuisance by crop-producing fanners. They live in family groups, these generally comprising an adult male, adult female and varying numbers of offspring of successive litters. Reproduction is c...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Mammalian Species
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0076-3519,1545-1410
DOI: 10.1644/788.1