The biology of small mammals:
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2010
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-295) and index |
| Physical Description: | XVI, 313 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 9780801879500 0801879507 |
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| adam_text | The Biology of Small Mammals
JOSEPH F. MERRITT
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1
What Is a Small Mammal? 1
Advantages and Disadvantages of Being a Small Mammal 2
The Protagonists 4
Monotremes and Marsupials 4
Afrosoricida, Erinaceoinorpha, Soricotnorpha, Macroscelidea,
Scandentia, and Dermoptera 6
Chiroptera 7
Primates 8
Carnivora 10
Rodentia 11
Lagomorpha 15
Hyracoidea 16
PART ONE Modes of Feeding 9
Insectivory 21
General Characteristics 21
Dilambdodont Dentition 21
Terrestrial Insectivores 24
Venomous Saliva 25
Long, Protrusile Tongue 28
Arboreal Insectivores 32
Elongated Digits 32
Semiaquatic and Fossorial Insectivores 34
Sensory Mucous Glands 34
Eimer s Organs 36
Underwater Sniffing 40
Subterranean Insectivores 42
Seismic Sensitivity 46
Aerial Insectivores 48
Wings 50
Echolocation 52
3 Herbivory 60
General Characteristics 61
Ever-Growing Incisors 61
Coprophagy 63
Granivores 65
Food Hoarding 67
Cheek Pouches 71
Frugivores 76
Piercing Teeth 77
Prehensile Tail and Protrusile Tongue 80
Nectarivores 82
Brush-Tipped Tongue 82
Gummivores 89
Folivores 95
Foregut versus Hindgut Fermentation 95
Gliding Membranes and Pectinate Teeth 98
CASE STUDY
Rock Badgers: Gutsy Cliff-Dwellers 101
4 Carnivory 105
General Characteristics 105
Carnassial Teeth 105
Flesh-Eating Carnivores 106
Felids 106
Mustelids 110
Canids 114
Piscivores 117
Claws, Cheek Pouches, and a Sixth Finger 117
VIM CONTENTS
Sanguinivores 122
Knifelike Teeth and Heat-Sensitive Nasal Pits 122
5 Omnivory 126
Omnivorous Carnivores 127
Procyonids 127
Herpestids 127
Viverrids 128
Euplerids 129
Mycophagy 129
CASE STUDIES ,st_-
The Hero Shrew: Mysterious Insectivore 131
Dietary Nonconformists 134
Gleaning, Hawking, Hovering, and Perch-Hunting 142
PART TWO Environmental Adaptations 147
6 Endothermy 149
7 Heterothermy 156
Torpor 156
Hibernation 160
8 Coping with Cold 172
Insulatory Changes 172
Countercurrent Heat Exchange: The Miraculous Net 174
Reduced Level of Activity 175
Reduction of Body Mass (Dehnel s Phenomenon) 179
Fat Tails 180
Social Thermoregulation 183
Increased Heat Production 189
9 Coping with Heat and Aridity 192
Conserving Water 193
Dietary Water Intake 195
Evaporative Cooling 197
Sweating, Panting, and Saliva Spreading 198
Respiratory Heat Exchange 200
Pelage Insulation 203
Behavioral Avoidance of Heat 204
CONTENTS IX
10 Ecogeographic Rules 208
Modified Size of Appendages (Allen s Rule) 208
Seasonal Color Dimorphism (Gloger s Rule) 210
Body Mass and Latitude (Bergmann s Rule) 214
CASE STUDIES
Communal Nesting 216
Hedgehogs: Spiny Hibernators 218
PART THREE Reproduction 221
11 Reproductive Variations,- 223
Delayed Fertilization 223
Delayed Implantation 225
Delayed Development 228
Embryonic Diapause 228
12 Mating Systems and Reproductive Strategies 231
High Fecundity 231
Monogamy, Housekeeping, and Mate Guarding 234
Absentee Maternal Care 237
Lek Behavior 240
Eusociality 242
Semelparity: Breeding and Sudden Death 246
13 Population Cycles: Lemmings and Snowshoe Hares 249
Appendix: Useful Web Sites 255
Glossary 257
References 267
Index 297
CONTENTS
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