ArticleEcology and evolution2025
Differences in Olfactory Discrimination, but Not Sensitivity, Between African Savanna and Asian Elephants.
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- Differences in Olfactory Discrimination, but Not Sensitivity, Between African Savanna and Asian Elephants.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
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Abstract
While African savanna and Asian elephants split between 4.2 and 9 MYA, they are often regarded as one united group, 'elephants.' This is surprising because, while both are keystone species in their respective habitats, each faces different environmental pressures and has rarely been compared experimentally. In general, African savanna elephants must locate resources that vary spatially and temporally across patchy savannas, while Asian elephants do so within dense, high-biodiversity forests. Both species use olfaction to guide decision-making; however, considering their ecologies, we hypothesize that their olfactory abilities differ. Thus, we investigated the sensitivity limits and discrimination abilities of both savanna and Asian elephants' olfactory systems, and changes in these limits in a complex odor environment. We employed two odor-based choice experiments, using
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