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Large Japanese field mice are known to be seed-eating mice, particularly around winter time as the mice hoard acorns around autumn and winter. <ref>{{cite journal|url=|first1=Y.|last2=NIshikata|first2=S.|title=Disappearance of acorns from the floor in ''Quercus crispula'' forests.|journal=|year=1976|volume=|issue=|pages=52-56}}</ref> This makes them effective seed dispersers as well as predators. |
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===Tannin Selection=== |
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The large Japanese field mouse seems to show selective preference for acorns with lower tannin content, as shown in an experiment in which mice with varying levels of acorn-experience were fed acorns with different levels of tannin content.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11284-008-3-5|last1=Takahashi|first1=A.|last2=Shimada|first2=T.|title=Selective Consumption of Acorns by the Japanese Wood Mouse According to Tannin Content: A Behavioral Countermeasure Against Plant Secondary Metabolites|journal=Ecological Research|year=2008|volume=23|issue=6|pages=1033-1038}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 05:09, 21 October 2015
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| Apodemus speciosus (Temminck, 1844)
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The large Japanese field mouse (Apodemus speciosus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Japan.
Distribution and habitat
The species appears to be present on all Japanese islands. It inhabits forests, grasslands and cultivated fields including rice paddies at any altitude.[1] Though considered to occupy the same ecological niche as Apodemus argenteus, the two species prefer different microhabitats: A. argenteus prefers more dense canopy and A. speciosus prefers more open secondary forests. [2]
Foraging Behavior
Large Japanese field mice are known to be seed-eating mice, particularly around winter time as the mice hoard acorns around autumn and winter. [3] This makes them effective seed dispersers as well as predators.
Effects of predation
Seasonal Changes
Tannin Selection
Learning Behavior
The large Japanese field mouse seems to show selective preference for acorns with lower tannin content, as shown in an experiment in which mice with varying levels of acorn-experience were fed acorns with different levels of tannin content.[4]
References
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- ^ "Microhabitat Separation between Apodemus argenteus and A. speciosus in Northern Kyushu". Journal of the Mammalogical Society of Japan. 14 (6): 105–118. 1990.
- ^ NIshikata, S. (1976). "Disappearance of acorns from the floor in Quercus crispula forests": 52–56.
{{cite journal}}:|first1=missing|last1=(help); Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Takahashi, A.; Shimada, T. (2008). "Selective Consumption of Acorns by the Japanese Wood Mouse According to Tannin Content: A Behavioral Countermeasure Against Plant Secondary Metabolites". Ecological Research. 23 (6): 1033–1038.
External links
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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