Flying squirrels, hidden treasures

Elife. 2023 Jul 7:12:e89823. doi: 10.7554/eLife.89823.

Abstract

In the rain forests of Hainan, China, two species of squirrel create grooves on the surface of smooth nuts so that they can wedge them in the forks between branches.

Keywords: behavior; caching; ecology; environmental adaption; food hoarding; mortise-tenon structure; squirrel; tropical rainforest.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • China
  • Sciuridae*