Scrnt marking by deposition of urine, and the preputial glands, of adult, male, wild housr mire, ,\fus , n l l r c 7 l h L., were studied and compared with those of an outbred domestic \train. Thr preputial glands of dominant wild mice were always heavier than those of subordinate\. No dominance relationships could be established among the domestic mice. For study of scent marking each mouse was ohsened singly in a residential maze. Dominant wild mice marked mow than thr suboi-dinates. The domestic inice scent-marked much less even than the subordinate wild micr. Subordinate wild mice spent less time than the dominant wild mice outside the nest; but the numbczr of rxcursions oritside the nest made by the subordinates resembled that of the dominants. Hrncr cocial status inllucnccd the pattern of movements in a structured environment.
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