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Mattina MJ, Pignatello JJ, Swihart RK. Identification of volatile components of bobcat (Lynx rufus) urine. J Chem Ecol. 1991;17(2):451-62doi: 10.1007/BF00994344.
Mattina, M. J., Pignatello, J. J., & Swihart, R. K. (1991). Identification of volatile components of bobcat (Lynx rufus) urine. Journal of chemical ecology, 17(2), 451-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00994344
Mattina, M J, et al. "Identification of volatile components of bobcat (Lynx rufus) urine." Journal of chemical ecology vol. 17,2 (1991): 451-62. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00994344
Mattina MJ, Pignatello JJ, Swihart RK. Identification of volatile components of bobcat (Lynx rufus) urine. J Chem Ecol. 1991 Feb;17(2):451-62. doi: 10.1007/BF00994344. PMID: 24258737.
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J Chem Ecol. 1991 Feb;17(2):451-62. doi: 10.1007/BF00994344.

Identification of volatile components of bobcat (Lynx rufus) urine.

Journal of chemical ecology

M J Mattina, J J Pignatello, R K Swihart

Affiliations

  1. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 123 Huntington Street, 0650, New Haven, Connecticut.

PMID: 24258737 DOI: 10.1007/BF00994344

Abstract

Bobcat (Lynx rufus) urine reduces scent-marking activity of woodchucks (Marmota monax) and feeding activity of snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) and deer (Odocoileus virginianus, O. hemionus). In order to identify the semiochemicals responsible for these behavior modifications, a dichloromethane extract of the bobcat urine was analyzed by GC-MS. Among the known compounds identified in the extract are phenol, indole, dimethyl sulfone, and 3-mercapto-3-methylbutanol. Compounds for which spectroscopic data are presented for the first time include one sulfide, two disulfides, and two trisulfides. The sulfur compounds are derived from an amino acid,S-(l,1-dimethyl-3-hydroxypropyl)cysteine ("felinine"), which was identified several years ago in the urine of the domestic cat (Felis domesticus).

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