Original scientific paper
Ecology of the Japanese dormouse, Glirulus japonicus
Shusaku Minato
; 434 Kaminagai, Kumanogawa, Wakayama, 647-12, Japan
Masahiro Wakabayashi
; Yamanashi Prefecture Nature Center, 3545 Kiyosato, Takane, Yamanashi, 407-03, Japan
Toshitaka Hidaka
; University of Shiga Prefecture, 2500 Hassaka-cho, Hikone, Shiga, 522, Japan
Abstract
Different places of hibernation of Glirulus japonicus were monitored. The home range of a male was larger than that of a female, and they overlapped. The adult female remains in her home range for several years and has litters, while the young female moves from the mother's home range. The Japanese dormouse eats bark, pollen and insects. It sometimes saved food as food-cache in autumn.
Keywords
ecology; Glirulus japonicus; Japan
Hrčak ID:
232300
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Publication date:
30.6.1997.
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