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- Title
ECOLOGY OF THE MEXICAN RED-BELLIED SQUIRREL (SCIURUS AUREOGASTER) IN MICHOACÁN, MEXICO.
- Authors
RAMOS-LARA, NICOLÁS; CERVANTES, FERNANDO A.
- Abstract
We report observations on feeding and nesting behavior, reproductive condition, and activity patterns of the Mexican red-bellied squirrel (Sciurus aureogaster) during 2000 -2002 in an oakpine (Quercus-Pinus) forest south of Pa ´tzcuaro, Michoaca ´n, Mexico. Squirrels fed heavily on seeds of pines, oaks, and dogwoods (Cornus), and rarely cached food. Squirrels used leaf nests for nesting and did not use tree cavities. Squirrels had year-round breeding activity and were more active in early morning and before sunset; however, daily activities were noticeably reduced during hot and sunny days or during strong winds. Squirrels had two color phases: gray-white and melanistic.
- Subjects
MICHOACAN de Ocampo (Mexico); MEXICO; CALLOSCIURUS; ANIMAL reproduction; ANIMAL behavior; NESTS; ANIMAL feeds; ANIMAL breeding; CIRCADIAN rhythms; NATURAL history
- Publication
Southwestern Naturalist, 2011, Vol 56, Issue 3, p400
- ISSN
0038-4909
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1894/N02-RTS-11.1