Spatio-temporal inhabitation of settlements by Hystrix cristata L., 1758.

ABSTRACT: Settlements are usually shared at different times by semi-fossorial mammals. Porcupine reproductive pair shows high den-site fidelity, but no data are available on the spatio-temporal inhabitation of settlements. In this investigation, the spatio-temporal inhabitation of settlements by crested porcupine families was investigated using camera-trapping as well as the ethological factors affecting the settlements selection. The crested porcupine resulted to be the main inhabitant of settlements surveyed in the present study. Each settlement was inhabited exclusively by one porcupine family. Five out of six porcupine families, each alternatively and complementarily inhabited the same two settlements. In all the five monitored families, settlements selection doesn't follow a seasonal pattern. S

SUBMITTER: Coppola F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8971386 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature