Observations on ecology and behaviour of the small cavy Microcavia australis australis in Ñacuñan (Province of Mendoza, Argentina)
Small cavy populations were studied in the arid región of Western Argentina. It is described the social organization, which is the lax type, without well defined individual territories and without a rigid lineal system of hierachy. Cavíes are spread in discrete population units called “towns”. Their...
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I48-R154-article-82532025-05-22T12:41:04Z Observations on ecology and behaviour of the small cavy Microcavia australis australis in Ñacuñan (Province of Mendoza, Argentina) Observaciones sobre la organización social, la ecología y la estructura de los habitáculos de Microcavia australis australis en Ñacuñan, provincia de Mendoza Contreras, Julio Rafael Roig, Virgilio Germán Small cavy populations were studied in the arid región of Western Argentina. It is described the social organization, which is the lax type, without well defined individual territories and without a rigid lineal system of hierachy. Cavíes are spread in discrete population units called “towns”. Their dwellers, all tied by kindred linkage, keep strict fidelity to their gallery system to which their grupal territoriality is restricted. It is a permanent overground ambulatory activity with. a continuous mixing up of individuáis from different groups, with a low intraspecific aggressivity. They can live together with Galea muste/oides without any aggressive relation.The higher density registred for a “town” is 38 individuáis and there was a máximum of 14 “towns” per Ha. The biggest galleries system is 42 meters long. Additional ecological data are given. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas - Universidad Nacional de Nordeste) 2025-05-22 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares application/pdf https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/eco/article/view/8253 Ecosur; 1978: vol. 5, no. 10; 191-199 0325-108X spa https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/eco/article/view/8253/7836 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
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Observations on ecology and behaviour of the small cavy Microcavia australis australis in Ñacuñan (Province of Mendoza, Argentina) |
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Observations on ecology and behaviour of the small cavy Microcavia australis australis in Ñacuñan (Province of Mendoza, Argentina) |
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Observations on ecology and behaviour of the small cavy Microcavia australis australis in Ñacuñan (Province of Mendoza, Argentina) |
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observations on ecology and behaviour of the small cavy microcavia australis australis in ñacuñan (province of mendoza, argentina) |
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Small cavy populations were studied in the arid región of Western Argentina. It is described the social organization, which is the lax type, without well defined individual territories and without a rigid lineal system of hierachy. Cavíes are spread in discrete population units called “towns”. Their dwellers, all tied by kindred linkage, keep strict fidelity to their gallery system to which their grupal territoriality is restricted. It is a permanent overground ambulatory activity with. a continuous mixing up of individuáis from different groups, with a low intraspecific aggressivity. They can live together with Galea muste/oides without any aggressive relation.The higher density registred for a “town” is 38 individuáis and there was a máximum of 14 “towns” per Ha. The biggest galleries system is 42 meters long. Additional ecological data are given. |
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