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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Infant rabbit suckling behavior, oxytocin which stimulates milk ejection, Tinbergen's 4 questions about Animal Behavior which are Evolution of mammary glands, prolactin which stimulates milk production, oxytocin which inhibits ovulation, Mother's milk Provides antibodies, Tinbergen's 4 questions about Animal Behavior which are Development/ Ontogeny, Tinbergen's 4 questions about Animal Behavior which are Mechanism, the hypothalamus to releases oxytocin, Mother's milk Provides beneficial bacteria, Function "Adaptive Function" / "Current Utility" being (for infant rabbits) Mother's milk, Development/ Ontogeny being (for infant rabbits) mammary pheromones, Mother's milk Provides nourishment, Our understanding of Infant rabbit (mammal) suckling behavior integrates / illustrates Tinbergen's 4 questions about Animal Behavior, Evolution of mammary glands being (for infant rabbits) evolved from specialized sweat glands, Mother's milk Provides growth factors, Tinbergen's 4 questions about Animal Behavior which are Function "Adaptive Function" / "Current Utility", Nerves in the mother's breast that signals the hypothalamus, oxytocin which stimulates bonding with infant, ovulation thereby delaying competition with a new offspring (born while the infant is still suckling), Mechanism being (for infant rabbits) Infants suckling behaviour