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

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/232300

Publication date:

30.6.1997.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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