ACTA THERIOLOGICA SINICA ›› 2019, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (1): 35-42.
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WANG Mengyang, LI Yong, ZHOU Mi, SHENG Yan, MENG Xiuxiang
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王梦阳 黎勇 周密 盛岩 孟秀祥
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Abstract: We examined the behavior of captive alpine musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster berezovskii) fawns from July 17 to October 16, 2017 in Xinglong Mountain, Gansu Province. The study quantified and recorded ingestion, bedding, stereotypical, and 10 other types of behavior; analyzed the characteristics of time management change; and discussed the effects of gender, adult male alpine musk deer, and age. The results show that bedding down (39.55% ± 4.53%) and ingestion (28.03% ± 1.58%) by fawns accounted for the maximum proportion of time management. During the early nursing stage (1 months old), medium stage (2 months old), and later stage (3 months old), time of bedding, ingesting, and stereotypical behavior rose gradually; moving time (4.99% ± 0.64%) peaked at the medium stage, and mother–young contact time and other types of behavior declined gradually. Stereotypical behavior began at the medium stage, and increased in the later stage (3.33% ± 1.83%) , significantlyhigher than in the medium stage (1.15% ± 0.77%) (P < 0.05). The effects of age in other types of behavior were not remarkable (P > 0.05). The results show the correlation of some types of fawn behaviors: ingesting was positively correlated with urinating (r = 0.833, P = 0.010), mother–young contact was positively correlated with social behavior (r = 0.802, P = 0.017), and environment sniffing was positively correlated with social behavior (r = 0.970, P< 0.001). The bedding time of fawns with adult male alpine musk deer (59.50% ± 8.17%) was higher than that of other fawns (37.82% ± 6.12%), and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The mother–young contact time of fawns with adult male alpine musk deer (1.10% ± 0.52%) was lower than that of other fawns (3.80% ± 1.07%), and the difference was nearly significant (P > 0.05). The gender effect on all types of behavior categories of fawns was not significant (P > 0.05). The results of this study indicate that alpine musk deer are hiders, their stereotypical behavior begins in the young period, and the effect of age on stereotypical behavioral development is signifcant. There are correlations between some types of behaviors of fawns. Adult males have a negative effect on the growth and behavioral development of fawns. The effect of gender on the behavior category of fawns is not significant.
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关键词: 圈养, 马麝, 哺乳期, 时间分配, 行为相关性
WANG Mengyang, LI Yong, ZHOU Mi, SHENG Yan, MENG Xiuxiang. Time budget of captive alpine musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster sifanicus) fawns during lactation period[J]. ACTA THERIOLOGICA SINICA, 2019, 39(1): 35-42.
王梦阳 黎勇 周密 盛岩 孟秀祥. 圈养马麝幼仔哺乳期时间分配及影响因素[J]. 兽类学报, 2019, 39(1): 35-42.
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