How to determine the gender of mammals from appearance or behaviour

[Klipspringer]

Males also deposit scat on trees and bushes.

This could be a scent marking tree - they use the same ones again and again.

[Lisbeth]

Difficult to see, if you are in a car 200 meters away

[Richprins]

They were marking with wee, and we were 10m away!

[Lisbeth]

A lonesome male in Kruger moving straight from the waterhole, across the road and into the thick bush.

[Klipspringer]

Looks in good condition!

The Namibia study found that territorial males were in better condition than the floaters.

[Lisbeth]

Maybe they get better meals

[ExFmem]

Looking at all the info collected here, the sex guessing is only with single adults

Anyone with some sightings for discussion?

Has anyone seen a sibling group?

Stats say that single males are frequent, but I think, I have never seen one as far as I remember

There are many sibling groups and some single males listed in the Kgalagadi Cheetah Sightings topic , as well as this very interesting/unusual coalition of Hinault (Corinne’s SON) and Chipo (Corinne’s GRANDSON) joining together. This graph makes it easier to understand, perhaps.





I’m pretty sure I have a pic of a female marking, though not sure it would add much to the discussion.

[Klipspringer]

With siblings group I mean subadults staying together after separation from mother (males and females).


The male coalition with not litter brothers is most likely more common than people think.

It makes sense when there is a single male and being a single male is difficult, hence my question if single males are really so common

I’m pretty sure I have a pic of a female marking, though not sure it would add much to the discussion.

Mills assumes in his book, that females scent mark when they are close to oestrus

Maybe you know if your female then had cubs later at the calculated time

[nan]

This is a matter for Mel But then I am not sure if they behave in the same way e.g. in Kruger and in KTP & Namibia

We wait for Mel, what she can tell us from KTP.

I can't say anything because of my very bad English … but I have lot of pictures for showing examples
but it seems Mel is much more waited than me

love the board from ExFmem, thank you

[Klipspringer]

I can't say anything because of my very bad English … but I have lot of pictures for showing examples
but it seems Mel is much more waited than me

tell us, with or without pictures