Tree-Climbing Behavior of a Forest-Dwelling Ungulate: The Formosan Serow.

ABSTRACT: Ungulates are terrestrial herbivores, basically adapted to running fast on the ground; tree-climbing behavior has been reported only in seven species, and five of them live in open habitats (Capra hircus, C. aegagrus, C. falconeri, C. cylindricornis, Oreotragus oreotragus). Tree-climbing behavior may also be evolved in ungulates inhabiting dense forests with abundant trees; however, this has rarely been reported in such species (Moschus leucogaster, M. moschiferus), probably due to the difficulty of observing in the wild. The numerous publicly available records in social networks hold potentially valuable information on the atypical behaviors of wild ungulates. Here, we explored the tree-climbing behavior of a forest-dwelling ungulate, the F

SUBMITTER: Takada H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11310938 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature