Temporal organization of hibernation in the representatives of Erinacidae and Sciuridae families
https://doi.org/10.31242/2618-9712-2021-26-2-7
Abstract
A comparative analysis of the hibernation rhythm of two phylogenetically distant obligate winter-sleeping species, the family Erinacedae and Sciuridae, is carried out. The data from 12 individuals of long-tailed ground squirrels (Spermophilus undulatus Pallas, 1778) were analyzed. Comparative data white-breasted hedgehogs (Erinaceus roumanicus Barrett-Hamilton, 1900) were obtained from 13 individuals. The dynamics of hibernation rhythms in S. undulatus and E. roumanicus are unidirectional. The longest periods of hypothermia were observed in January-February. The winter hibernation of hedgehogs, for the total duration, is 30 % longer than that of ground squirrels. The total duration of hypothermia in hedgehogs is longer by 25 % than in ground squirrels. The average duration of the periods of hypothermia in hedgehogs is shorter by 40 % than in ground squirrels, and their number is 2,5 times larger. The duration of normothermia in hedgehogs during hibernation is 3 times higher than in ground squirrels. The average duration of normothermia during awakenings is longer by 20 % for hedgehogs than for ground squirrels. In hedgehogs, the percentage of normothermia is 12.6 % of the total hibernation time, while in long-tailed ground squirrels the percentage of normothermia is 5.9 %.
Keywords
northern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus),
long-tailed ground squirrel (Spermophilus undulatus),
hibernation,
hibernation rhythms,
hypothermia,
normothermia
Supporting agencies: The research was carried out within the framework of the State Assignment for the Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone SB RAS «The structure and dynamics of animal populations and communities in the cold region of the North-East of Russia in modern conditions of global climate change and the anthropogenic transformation of northern ecosystems: factors, mechanisms, adaptations, conservation». АААА-А17-117020110058-4.
About the Authors
N. G. Solomonov
M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
SOLOMONOV Nikita Gavrilovich, Dr. Sci. (Biology), Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone SB RAS, 41 Lenina pr., Yakutsk 677980;
professor, 58 Belinskogo str., Yakutsk 677980
A. I. Anufriev
Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone SB RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
ANUFRIEV Andrey Ivanovich, Dr. Sci. (Biology), chief researcher
41 Lenina pr., Yakutsk 677980
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Solomonov N.G., Anufriev A.I. Temporal organization of hibernation in the representatives of Erinacidae and Sciuridae families. Arctic and Subarctic Natural Resources. 2021;26(2):108-116. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31242/2618-9712-2021-26-2-7
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