Development of Young Varying Lemmings (<i>Dicrostonyx</i>)

Auteurs-es

  • Richard M. Hansen

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic3757

Mots-clés :

Animal behaviour, Animal food, Animal growth, Animal nervous systems, Animal physiology, Dentition, Laboratory animals, Lemmings, Pelage, Size, Alaska

Résumé

An outline of growth and development of Dicrostonyx groenlandicus rubricatus from birth till the age of 40 days. Appearance of hair and teeth, motion, development of sense organs, weaning, appearance of defensive behavior and of sexual maturity are traced, and weight increase recorded. Observations were made on a laboratory colony established from specimens captured at Umiat, Alaska.

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Publié-e

1957-01-01

Numéro

Vol 10, No 2: 1957

Rubrique

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