Flying squirrels use a mortise-tenon structure to fix nuts on understory twigs

Flying squirrels use a mortise-tenon structure to fix nuts on understory twigs

Squirrels of temperate zones commonly store nuts or seeds under leaf litter, in hollow logs, or even in holes in the ground; however, in the humid rainforests of Jianfengling in Hainan, South China, we show that some flying squirrels cache elliptical or oblate nuts by hanging them securely in vegeta...

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Main Authors: Han Xu, Lian Xia, John R Spence, Mingxian Lin, Chunyang Lu, Yanpeng Li, Jie Chen, Tushou Luo, Yide Li, Suqin Fang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2023-06-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
animal behavior
environmental adaption
mortise-tenon structure
nut cache
squirrel
tropical rainforest
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/84967

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