First direct evidence of false tail autotomy in the black-tailed garden dormouse (Eliomys melanurus) and implications for developing tail-autotomy-informed handling protocols
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DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2024-0181
Abstract: Abstract Tail autotomy (hereafter ‘autotomy’) is an antipredator adaptation relatively uncommon among rodents, with the ‘false’ type being the most prevalent. Here, we document false autotomy in the glirid Eliomys melanurus (Wagner, 1840) via opportunistic… read more here.
Keywords: autotomy informed; eliomys melanurus; autotomy; tail autotomy ... See more keywords