Diurnal motor activity and “sunbathing” behaviour in crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata L., 1758)

Abstract The crested porcupine is a mainly nocturnal mammal that shows both moonlight avoidance and some diurnal motor activity, the latter as an extension of its night-time foraging behaviour. Furthermore, a peculiar daytime behaviour, described as “sunbathing”, was reported as episodic in H. afric...

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Autores principales:	Francesca Coppola, Giuseppe Vecchio, Antonio Felicioli
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2019
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:40b6d44389684f49b9b894350d1aa7952021-12-02T15:09:00ZDiurnal motor activity and “sunbathing” behaviour in crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata L., 1758)10.1038/s41598-019-50784-y2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/40b6d44389684f49b9b894350d1aa7952019-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50784-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The crested porcupine is a mainly nocturnal mammal that shows both moonlight avoidance and some diurnal motor activity, the latter as an extension of its night-time foraging behaviour. Furthermore, a peculiar daytime behaviour, described as “sunbathing”, was reported as episodic in H. africaeaustralis. Between 2016 and 2019 a camera-trapping monitoring was performed within 10 porcupine settlements in order to detect the diurnal motor activity and to verify and describe the sunbathing behaviour in crested porcupine. Out of 1,003 trap days, a total of 148 events of diurnal motor activity were recorded. The diurnal motor activity occurred throughout the year mainly between December and June from 15:00 to 16:00, with no statistical difference between cubs, youngsters and adults. The sunbathing behaviour was detected for a total of 36 episodes recorded. Sunbathing was performed mainly by cubs. The sunbathing behaviour occurred only between April and June during the hottest hours of the day (11:00 to 12:00). Diurnal motor activity and sunbathing behaviour of porcupine are discussed in relation to food availability and porcupine physiology.Francesca CoppolaGiuseppe VecchioAntonio FelicioliNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Francesca Coppola Giuseppe Vecchio Antonio Felicioli Diurnal motor activity and “sunbathing” behaviour in crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata L., 1758)
description	Abstract The crested porcupine is a mainly nocturnal mammal that shows both moonlight avoidance and some diurnal motor activity, the latter as an extension of its night-time foraging behaviour. Furthermore, a peculiar daytime behaviour, described as “sunbathing”, was reported as episodic in H. africaeaustralis. Between 2016 and 2019 a camera-trapping monitoring was performed within 10 porcupine settlements in order to detect the diurnal motor activity and to verify and describe the sunbathing behaviour in crested porcupine. Out of 1,003 trap days, a total of 148 events of diurnal motor activity were recorded. The diurnal motor activity occurred throughout the year mainly between December and June from 15:00 to 16:00, with no statistical difference between cubs, youngsters and adults. The sunbathing behaviour was detected for a total of 36 episodes recorded. Sunbathing was performed mainly by cubs. The sunbathing behaviour occurred only between April and June during the hottest hours of the day (11:00 to 12:00). Diurnal motor activity and sunbathing behaviour of porcupine are discussed in relation to food availability and porcupine physiology.
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title	Diurnal motor activity and “sunbathing” behaviour in crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata L., 1758)
title_short	Diurnal motor activity and “sunbathing” behaviour in crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata L., 1758)
title_full	Diurnal motor activity and “sunbathing” behaviour in crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata L., 1758)
title_fullStr	Diurnal motor activity and “sunbathing” behaviour in crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata L., 1758)
title_full_unstemmed	Diurnal motor activity and “sunbathing” behaviour in crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata L., 1758)
title_sort	diurnal motor activity and “sunbathing” behaviour in crested porcupine (hystrix cristata l., 1758)
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2019
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Diurnal motor activity and “sunbathing” behaviour in crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata L., 1758)

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