Male Scent Overmarking Female Video
Marojejy National Park (Camp 2): 2003
Overmarking is the deposition of a scentmark immediately on top of the scentmark of another group member. Silky sifakas, like other eastern sifakas, frequently overmark with most overmarking performed by males overmarking the scentmarks of females. The first male to overmark may obtain sole access to female reproductive cues and prevent other males from accessing her estrus cues by gouging her mark and placing his own scentmark on top of hers, which may mask her scentmark. |
