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- Title
Courtship behavior of the meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius).
- Authors
BREM, ETHAN A.; ISRAELSEN, WILLIAM J.
- Abstract
We describe the first recorded observations of courtship behavior of the meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) made in wild-caught and captive-reared animals. Male meadow jumping mice performed a series of courtship behaviors upon approach to the female, including rapid fanning of the muzzle with the forelimbs, self-grooming, muzzle fanning, retreat, and eventual mounting attempts. During courtship, female jumping mice may retreat, ignore the courting male, or bat at the male with forelimbs until the male retreats. Active rejection of the courting male by the female is suggestive of female mate choice in this species.
- Subjects
COURTSHIP; BATS; APPROACH behavior; FORELIMB
- Publication
Western North American Naturalist, 2021, Vol 81, Issue 2, p267
- ISSN
1527-0904
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3398/064.081.0211