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A home range is the area in which an animal lives and moves on a periodic basis. It is related to the concept of an animal's territory which is the area that is actively defended. The concept of a home range was introduced by W. H. Burt in 1943. He drew maps showing where the animal had been observed at different times.
Of the 14 subadults studied, the four females stayed closer to their mother's home range than the 10 males. The latter dispersed between 9.5 and 65.7 km (5.9 and 40.8 mi). None of them crossed open cultivated areas that were more than 10 km (6.2 mi) wide, but moved through prime alluvial and forested habitat.
Animal Jam Classic, [1] formerly known as Animal Jam, is a massively multiplayer online game developed by WildWorks and recommended for kids up to the age of 12. It was launched in 2010, in collaboration with the National Geographic Society . [ 2 ]
A study in the Gobi Desert from 2008 to 2014 revealed that adult males used a mean home range of 144–270 km 2 (56–104 sq mi), while adult females ranged in areas of 83–165 km 2 (32–64 sq mi). Their home ranges overlapped less than 20%.
Along with having ambassador animals (which help educate the public on their wild counterparts through amphitheater talks and presentations), a nature play area, and exhibits, there is a range of ...
The gaur is the state animal of Goa and Bihar. [47] [48] The Gaur is also the mascot of Goan football club FC Goa, competing in Indian Super League, where their team often referred as "The Gaurs". [49] The Red Gaurs (Thai: กระทิงแดง Krathing Daeng) were an extreme right-wing paramilitary organization active in Thailand during ...
Skunks Striped skunks Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Superfamily: Musteloidea Family: Mephitidae Groups included Conepatus Mephitis Spilogale † Brachyprotoma Skunk genera ranges Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa Mydaus † Palaeomephitis † Promephitis Skunks are mammals in the family ...
The average home range of sugar gliders is 0.5 hectares (1.2 acres), and is largely related to the abundance of food sources; [20] density ranges from two to six individuals per hectare (0.8–2.4 per acre). Native owls (Ninox sp.) [17] are their primary predators; others in their range include kookaburras, goannas, snakes, and quolls. [21]