Comparison of diets between two sympatric flying squirrel species in Northern Pakistan

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 784-789

  Shafique, Chaudhry M ^a   Barkati, Sohail ^a   Oshida, Tatsuo ^b   Ando, Motokazu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diet; Eoglaucomys fimbriatus; Folivory; Kashmir flying squirrel; Northern Pakistan; Petaurista petaurista albiventer; Red giant flying squirre; Sympatric distribution

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; HERBIVORE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EOGLAUCOMYS FIMBRIATUS; MAMMALIA; PETAURISTA PETAURISTA; PTEROMYINI; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 33748476253     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-225R2.1     Document Type: Article

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