Probable food hoarding observed in a camera-trapped Siberian flying squirrel Pteromys volans

Matsuoka, S.  . Hokkaido Research Center

Probable food hoarding observed in a camera-trapped Siberian flying squirrel Pteromys volans

2015

Matsuoka, S. (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI) (Japan). Hokkaido Research Center)

There are few reports of food-hoarding behavior in the Siberian flying squirrel Pteromys volans. A camera trap directed to a tree cavity captured the images of a flying squirrel with seeds of oak and lime trees in its mouth in autumn. Later many lime tree seeds were found in the cavity. The camera-trapped images and stored seeds showed that the Siberian flying squirrel probably has a habit of hoarding food.

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