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==== In other animals ==== Female [[kob]] may exhibit urolagnia during sex; one female will [[urinate]] while the other sticks her nose in the stream.<ref name="You Are Being Lied to: The">Kick (2001)</ref><ref name="Imaginova 2007e">Imaginova (2007e)</ref> Some mammals [[Self-anointing in animals#Ungulates|urinate on themselves]] in order to attract mates during the [[Rut (mammalian reproduction)|rut]] or urinate on other individuals before mating with them.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vandenbergh |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PUpYID8Rc3UC&dq=copulation+ungulates&pg=PA9 |title=Pheromones and Reproduction in Mammals |date=2012-12-02 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-0-323-15651-6 |language=en}}</ref> A male [[Patagonian mara]], a type of rodent, will stand on his hind legs and urinate on a female's rump, to which the female may respond by spraying a jet of urine backwards into the face of the male.<ref name="Genest1974">{{cite journal |author1=Genest H. |author2=Dubost G. | year = 1974 | title = Pair living in the mara ('' Dolichotis paragonum Z'' ) | journal = Mammalia | volume = 38 | issue = 2| pages = 155β162 | doi=10.1515/mamm.1974.38.2.155|s2cid=86771537 }}</ref> The male's urination is meant to repel other males from his partner while the female's urination is a rejection of any approaching male when she is not receptive.<ref name="Genest1974" /> Both anal digging and urination are more frequent during the breeding season and are more commonly done by males.<ref name="Taber1984">{{cite journal |author1=TABER B. E. |author2=MACDONALD D. W. | year = 1984 | title = Scent dispersing papillae and associated behaviour in the mara, ''Dolichotis patagonum'' (Rodentia: Caviomorpha) | journal = Journal of Zoology | volume = 203 | issue = 2 | pages = 298β301 | doi = 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1984.tb02333.x}}</ref> A male porcupine urinates on a female porcupine prior to mating, spraying the urine at high velocity.<ref name="Fergus2000">{{cite book |author=Charles Fergus |title=Wildlife of Pennsylvania: And the Northeast |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T4gLRnplhVwC&q=porcupine+mating+urine&pg=PA75 |access-date=31 March 2013 |date=1 September 2000 |publisher=Stackpole Books |isbn=978-0-8117-2899-7 |pages=75β}}</ref><ref name="Roze2012">{{cite book |author=Uldis Roze |title=Porcupines: The Animal Answer Guide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtOhh7ILpT0C&pg=PA97 |access-date=31 March 2013 |date=28 September 2012 |publisher=JHU Press |isbn=978-1-4214-0735-7 |pages=97β}}</ref><ref name="Cavendish2007">{{cite book |author=Marshall Cavendish |title=EXPLORING MAMMALS |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rWFx7sJ-D3sC&pg=PA1088 |access-date=31 March 2013 |year=2007 |publisher=Marshall Cavendish |isbn=978-0-7614-7719-8 |pages=1088β}}</ref><ref name="Naughton2012">{{cite book |author=Donna Naughton |title=A Natural History of Canadian Mammals |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9IlOhvOAIb4C&pg=PA214 |access-date=31 March 2013 |year=2012 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-1-4426-4483-0 |pages=214β}}</ref><ref name="Carnaby2008">{{cite book |author=Trevor Carnaby |title=Beat About the Bush: Mammals |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4u-VroUwC6QC&q=porcupine+mating+urine |access-date=21 May 2013 |date=30 January 2008 |publisher=Jacana Media |isbn=978-1-77009-240-2}}</ref> {{Anchor|Animals}}{{Anchor|In other animals}}{{anchor|Other animals}}{{anchor|Cervidae}}
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