Ring-tail lemurs use odors to communicate with mates (infographic) (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Ring-tail lemurs use odors to communicate with mates (infographic)

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A research team led by the University of Tokyo analyzed the odors that male ring-tailed lemurs use when stink flirting with females. The odor molecules they identified could be the first known primate sex pheromones.

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Illustration by Caitlin E. Devor, University of Tokyo, CC BY 4.0

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