Preliminary Observation on the Behavior of Chinese White-Bellied Rat and its Audio Frequency Characteristics

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The behaviors of 11 individuals(3♂ and 5♀ of adult and 3♀ of young) of Chinese white-bellied rat(Niviventer confucianus) were observed in different individual encountering(under) experimental condition through infrared detector system and sound digital record,that were captured from the field in the suburb of Hangzhou during February to May 2005.The results showed that there are different behavors in different individual encountering situations.The combat(occured) intensely when two individuals met whether males or females;the male one showed courtship and chevy action when meeting female;and go them own way after met between adult and infant besides some chevy action.Comparison showed that there are much significant difference at the duration used for combact and chevy between the same sex groups to opposide sex group,adult to infant group.The Chinese white-bellied rat has different voice in different situation.

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