Fostering in southern African Soricidae

• Autorzy: Baxter R. M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The successful raising one young of one female Crocidura f. flavescens by another is reported. Attempts at using C. h. hirta and Myosorex varius as foster parents, and as well as at hand rearing of C. f. flavescens were unsuccessful. An attempt is made to explain the significance of this occurrence.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Mus musculus; wild animal; shrew; Soricidae; Africa; Blarina brevicauda

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Theriologica
• Rocznik: 1993
• Tom: 38
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.451-452

Twórcy

autor

Baxter R. M.

• University of Fort Hare, P-Bag X1314, Alice 570, Ciskei, South Africa

Bibliografia

• Baxter R. M. 1977. The biology of captive Crocidura flavescens, with reference to other southern African soricids. M. Sc. thesis, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg.
• Baxter R. M. and Meester J. 1982. The captive behaviour of the red musk shrew, Crocidura f. flavescens (I. Geoffroy, 1827) (Soricidae: Crocidurinae). Mammalia 46: 11 - 27.
• Blus L. J. and Johnson D. A. 1969. Adoption of a nestling house mouse by a female short-tailed shrew. Am. Midi.-Nat. 81: 583 - 584.
• Churchfield S. 1990. The natural history of shrews. Christopher Helm, London: 1 - 192.