Motivational Systems of Agonistic Behavior in Muroid Rodents

TABLE I a: Terminology of Offense Motor Patterns in Various Muroid Rodents

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| |	Genus and species	| |	Authors	| |	Approach	| |	Bite-and-kick attack	| |	Offensive sideways posture	| |	Offensive upright posture
Muroid rodents in general
Various species		Eisenberg, 1967 (with Eibl-Eibesfeldt)		Approach= Annaherung Rush= Angriff Chase= Verfolgung		Locked fighting= Kampf-stellung Bite= Kampf-beissen Attack leap= Anspringen		Side display= Breitseits-drohen Shouldering= Schieben Sidling = Ducken mit Korperseite		Upright threat= Droh-stellung Sparring= Pfoten-trommeln
Rattus norvegicus Mus musculus Mesocricetus auratus		Grant and Mackintosh, 1963K/b>		Threat/thrust Approach Chase		Attack Full aggressive posture (in Rattus only)		Offensive sideways posture		Offensive upright posture
Family Muridae
R norvegicus R rattus		Barnett, 1958a		Approach		Leaping and biting		Threat posture		Boxing
R rattus		Ewer, 1971		Swift run to opponent "Hustling" Pursuit		Leaping, biting, and striking Rolling, wrestling fight Chase and bite rump		Broadsiding with kick-off Stegosauring Bristling		Rearing up Boxing
R fuscipes		Barnett and Stewart, 1975		Approach		Clash		Threat posture		Boxing
R villosissimus		Begg, 1975		Approach Chasing		Attack leap Rolling, wrestling fight		Offensive sideways posture		Upright posture
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