Some blood parameters of the Chinese grasscarp Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes) |
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Authors: | J.J. Pieterse G.L. Smit K.J. van Vliet H.J. Schoonbee J. Hattingh |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Biological Sciences, Technikon Pretoria, Pretoria 0001;2. Research Unit for Fish Biology, P.O. Box 524, Johannesburg 2000;3. Department of General Physiology, School of Dentistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001 |
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Abstract: | The activity cycle of a captive group of Dendrohyrax arboreus comprising an adult male, an adult female and two juveniles showed them to be more active during the daylight hours than nocturnally. Activities of the siblings were closely synchronized, but showed no close relationship to the mother's cycle. The animals spent most of their time on the upper level of their enclosure. The data support the view that D. arboreus is arboreal and solitary in its natural habitat. The nocturnal habits of some wild D. arboreus populations may represent a shift in activity pattern in response to hunting pressure by man. |
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