Use of artificial shelter by the Japanese dormouse Glirulus japonicus (Gilridae: Rodentia)

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  • コウモリ用模擬枯葉を利用したヤマネ　Glirulus japonicus （齧歯目：ヤマネ科）
  • コウモリヨウ モギ カレハ オ リヨウ シタ ヤマネ Glirulus japonicus(ゲツシモク:ヤマネカ)

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In the Shikoku Mountains, during a study of bats (Murina ussuriensis) with artificial shelters, I once observed a Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus) occupied it in daytime. I also found circumstantial evidence of the dormice using the artificial shelters. One is that stripped plant barks were brought into a small room of the artificial shelter, and another is that the material of the artificial shelter (hemp) was partially untied to fibers. These findings suggest that the artificial shelter has a potential to study wild dormice without using nest boxes.

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