Food Habits of the Japanese Dormouse in the Yatsugatake Mountains, Japan

Seiki Takatsuki; Shiori Suzuki

doi:10.2108/zs210055

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Seiki Takatsuki,^1,*,** Shiori Suzuki¹

¹Laboratory of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, 1-17-71, Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5201, Japan

^*Corresponding author. E-mail: takatuki@azabu-u.ac.jp
^**Present address: Life Museum of Azabu University, Azabu University, 1-17-71, Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5201, Japan

Abstract

We conducted a quantitative dietary analysis of the Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus) using fecal samples collected in the subalpine zone of the Yatsugatake Mountains, central Japan. Dormouse diets were dominated by insects (69.2%) in summer and both fruit (43.0%) and insects (33.4%) in autumn. Leaves accounted for a small proportion of the diet in all seasons. Dormice may be reliant on insects because fruits are scant in summer, and on fruits to accumulate body fat in autumn before hibernation.

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Seiki Takatsuki and Shiori Suzuki "Food Habits of the Japanese Dormouse in the Yatsugatake Mountains, Japan," Zoological Science 39(2), 193-197, (18 January 2022). https://doi.org/10.2108/zs210055

Received: 19 August 2021; Accepted: 12 November 2021; Published: 18 January 2022

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