The rut (from the Latin rugire, meaning "to roar") is the mating season of certain mammals, which includes ruminants such as deer, sheep, camels, goats...
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up rut or Rut in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rut may refer to: Rut (mammalian reproduction), the period of time when certain ruminants mate Rut (roads)...
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Estrous cycle (category Mammalian sexuality)
Progesterone-releasing intravaginal device Reproductive cycle Rut (mammalian reproduction) Sexual swelling Hill, M. A. (2021, April 6) Embryology Estrous...
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Yak (section Reproduction and life history)
bulls wander in small bachelor groups away from the large herds, but, as the rut approaches, they become aggressive and regularly fight among each other to...
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Animal sexual behaviour (redirect from Mammalian sexual behavior)
happens outside the rut period.") Virginia Douglass Hayssen; Ari Van Tienhoven (1993). Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-specific...
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Siberian ibex (section Reproduction)
Himalayas, India, Afghanistan and Pakistan The rut takes place from late October to early January. During the rut, the males spend considerable effort courting...
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East Caucasian tur (section Reproduction)
vertically between feeding meadows and night-time resting spots. During this rut, vigorous competitions arise as males vie for mating rights. Older males...
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Water deer (section Reproduction)
is almost invisible, except when it is held raised by the male during the rut. The ears are short and very rounded, and both sexes lack antlers.[citation...
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Nyala (section Reproduction)
amount of fat on the kidney. The more the fat, the healthier the animal. In rut, male nyalas had lower KFIs, which did not vary much with the season. Pregnant...
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Wolf (redirect from Reproduction and life cycle of the gray wolf)
producing pups every year, one litter annually being the average. Oestrus and rut begin in the second half of winter and lasts for two weeks. Dens are usually...
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Okapi (section Reproduction)
herbivores, feeding on tree leaves and buds, grasses, ferns, fruits, and fungi. Rut in males and estrus in females does not depend on the season. In captivity...
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Elk (redirect from Elk reproduction and lifecycle)
offspring. Reproduction is most common when cows weigh at least 200 kilograms (440 lb). Dominant bulls follow groups of cows during the rut from August...
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around 12 months, the fawn is independent; after the 135 days of reproduction, the rut comes to an end, which can be characterized by the changes in group...
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member of the carnivoran family Eupleridae. The fossa is the largest mammalian carnivore on Madagascar and has been compared to a small cougar, as it...
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Dromedary (section Reproduction)
coffee-coloured fluid during the rut, located on either side of the neck midline. The glands generally grow heavier during the rut, and range from 20 to 115 g...
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Wild yak (section Reproduction)
Although wild yaks can become aggressive when defending young, or during the rut, they generally avoid humans, and may flee for great distances if approached...
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Muskox (section Social behavior and reproduction)
thick coat and for the strong odor emitted by males during the seasonal rut, from which its name derives. This musky odor has the effect of attracting...
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Thorold's deer (section Reproduction)
audible over 500 m (1,600 ft) away), bellows and growls (made by males in rut), and quieter grunts, mews made by females and young. Like reindeer, they...
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Wildebeest (section Breeding and reproduction)
Wildebeest do not form permanent pair bonds and during the mating season, or rut, the males establish temporary territories and try to attract females into...
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Tibetan antelope (section Reproduction)
general, the colouration of males becomes more intense during the annual rut, with the coat becoming much paler, almost white, contrasting with the darker...
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Bat (section Reproduction and life cycle)
PMC 4936036. PMID 27335420. Jürgens, Klaus Dieter; Bartels, Heinz; Bartels, Rut (1981). "Blood oxygen transport and organ weights of small bats and small...
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Przewalski's gazelle (section Reproduction)
the winter rut. Przewalski's gazelles are generally quiet, but have been reported to make short bleating sounds. Przewalski's gazelles rut from late December...
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sheep, which has a strict dominance hierarchy. Before the mating season or "rut", the rams attempt to establish a dominance hierarchy to determine access...
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Taruca (section Reproduction)
forelegs one at a time and pointing their antlers towards one another. The rut lasts from May to July, during which time the deer segregate into smaller...
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Blue wildebeest (section Reproduction)
and the conception rate is often as high as 95%. The mating season, or rut, typically begins on the night of a full moon, suggesting that the lunar...
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Alpine ibex (section Reproduction and growth)
time, male herds break up into smaller groups and search for females. The rut takes place in two phases; in the first phase, males interact with females...
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Goa (antelope) (section Reproduction)
pastures around September, prior to the mating season in December. During the rut, the males are largely solitary, scent marking their territories and sometimes...
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is more available. Common raccoon dogs are usually silent, but males in rut may yelp and growl. As of 2005[update], four subspecies are recognised by...
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Springbok (section Reproduction)
were found to vary with the aim of lowering risk from predators. During the rut, males establish territories, ranging from 10 to 70 hectares (25 to 173 acres)...
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Giant eland (section Reproduction)
lock horns and try to twist the necks of their opponents. As an act during rut, the males rub their foreheads in fresh urine or mud. They also use their...
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