Field Observations of the Feeding Behavior in the Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista leucogenys - Collections

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Field Observations of the Feeding Behavior in the Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista leucogenys

Creator	Creator Name Ando, Motokazu 安藤, 元一 Affiliation Affiliation Name Zoological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University 九州大学農学部畜産学科動物学講座
	Author PID L000618 Creator Name Shiraishi, Satoshi 白石, 哲 Affiliation Affiliation Name Zoological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University 九州大学農学部畜産学科動物学講座
	Creator Name Uchida, Teruaki 内田, 照章 Affiliation Affiliation Name Zoological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University 九州大学農学部畜産学科動物学講座
Language	English
Publisher	Kyushu University
Publisher	九州大学農学部
Date	1984-03
Source Title	Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
Vol	28
Issue	4
First Page	161
Last Page	175
Publication Type	Version of Record
Access Rights	open access
Crossref DOI	https://doi.org/10.5109/23786
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	Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University \|\| 28(4) \|\| p161-175
	http://www.agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp/
Relation	九州大学農学部紀要 \|\| 28(4) \|\| p161-175
	Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University \|\| 28(4) \|\| p161-175
	http://www.agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp/

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PISSN	0023-6152
NCID	AA00697606
Record ID	23786
Peer-Reviewed	Unrefereed
Subject Terms	Petaurista leucogenys
	Field observation
	Feeding
ISSN	0023-6152
NCID	AA00697606
Notes	Field observations were carried out on Petnurista bucogenys, a tree dwelling glider, together with an analysis of stomach contents. The animal seldom perched on low branches to feed, and hardly sat on twigs of lcm and less in diameter or on branches with steep inclinations. In addition, the animal always fed at a sitting posture and put the hindpaws at a right angle to the branch. In spite of restrictions on feeding positions and feeding postures, the animal was able to get food at a distance by applying feeding techniques such as gnawing off or bending of branches. Feeding habits of the animal are characterized by the follwing facts: i. e. lack of storing habit, repeated visits to the same feeding site, infrequent shifts during a feeding bout, and long feeding bout on a tree together with the fact that ingested food remained in the stomach for a long time. The facts mentioned above indicated that the feeding habits of this animal are adapted for feeding on abundant items on a tree, particularly on fibrous ones such as leaves.
Created Date	2012.07.31
Modified Date	2022.11.11