The Gansu zokor ( Myospalax cansus) is a solitary fossorial rodent, which inhabits its own tunnel system. The Gansu zokor are highly aggressive, and encounters between of two animals may end in the death or injury of ...The Gansu zokor ( Myospalax cansus) is a solitary fossorial rodent, which inhabits its own tunnel system. The Gansu zokor are highly aggressive, and encounters between of two animals may end in the death or injury of one of them. In order to investigate the effect of fecaluria odor of the Gansu zokor on its invading behaviour, the behavioral methods were used to determine whether Gansu zokors use faeces to mark their own territorial boundaries and the effect on its excavation pattern. The results showed that when an intruder was introduced, the test animal almost always shifted its latrine location to the intruder’s side. The Gansu zokor can detect the conspecific odor. In nonbreeding season, the odor of urine and faeces of Gansu zokors prolongs excavation of homosexual intruders and play a role in delaying conspecifics from entering the territory .展开更多
甘肃鼢鼠（Myospalax cansus）隶属于啮齿目（Rodentia）、鼹形鼠科（Spalacidae）、鼢鼠亚科（Myospalacinae）、鼢鼠属（Myospalax）（Norris et al.,2004）,主要分布于我国西北地区的黄土高原,为陕西、甘肃、宁夏及青海东部地区农田...甘肃鼢鼠（Myospalax cansus）隶属于啮齿目（Rodentia）、鼹形鼠科（Spalacidae）、鼢鼠亚科（Myospalacinae）、鼢鼠属（Myospalax）（Norris et al.,2004）,主要分布于我国西北地区的黄土高原,为陕西、甘肃、宁夏及青海东部地区农田和草原的主要害鼠之一,对林业幼苗也有一定的损伤,同时亦是水土保持的主要破坏因素之一（江廷安等,1996）。作为地下掘土类食草动物,由于地下积水和空气不流通。展开更多
文摘The Gansu zokor ( Myospalax cansus) is a solitary fossorial rodent, which inhabits its own tunnel system. The Gansu zokor are highly aggressive, and encounters between of two animals may end in the death or injury of one of them. In order to investigate the effect of fecaluria odor of the Gansu zokor on its invading behaviour, the behavioral methods were used to determine whether Gansu zokors use faeces to mark their own territorial boundaries and the effect on its excavation pattern. The results showed that when an intruder was introduced, the test animal almost always shifted its latrine location to the intruder’s side. The Gansu zokor can detect the conspecific odor. In nonbreeding season, the odor of urine and faeces of Gansu zokors prolongs excavation of homosexual intruders and play a role in delaying conspecifics from entering the territory .
文摘甘肃鼢鼠（Myospalax cansus）隶属于啮齿目（Rodentia）、鼹形鼠科（Spalacidae）、鼢鼠亚科（Myospalacinae）、鼢鼠属（Myospalax）（Norris et al.,2004）,主要分布于我国西北地区的黄土高原,为陕西、甘肃、宁夏及青海东部地区农田和草原的主要害鼠之一,对林业幼苗也有一定的损伤,同时亦是水土保持的主要破坏因素之一（江廷安等,1996）。作为地下掘土类食草动物,由于地下积水和空气不流通。
