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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    are audible over 500 m (1,600 ft) away, growling sounds made by males in rut, and quieter grunts or mews made by females and young. Like reindeer, they...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    specific diet of grasses and hay. Each year, they go into a period called rut that can last for several months, in which their personalities can drastically...
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    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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