. Advances in the study of mammalian behavior. Mammals. 366 Spec. Publ. Amer. Soc. Mamm. 7 a: i to Ul a: Q. < ^ 10 12 2 midnight TIME (HOURS) Summer (n=320) Aulumn (n=331) 1 Winter (n=315) Spring 1 (n=264) 8 10 Fig. 3. Capture rates of platypuses in the upper Shoalhaven River, New South Wales Australia. Abbreviations are: n, numbers of net hours; D, darkness; L, day- light; o, no trapping. (Grant, pers. comm.) time feeding in winter as at other seasons (Grant and Carrick, 1978) unless the animal was capable of becoming torpid as is its relative, the ec
. Advances in the study of mammalian behavior. Mammals. 366 Spec. Publ. Amer. Soc. Mamm. 7 a: i to Ul a: Q. < ^ 10 12 2 midnight TIME (HOURS) Summer (n=320) Aulumn (n=331) 1 Winter (n=315) Spring 1 (n=264) 8 10 Fig. 3. Capture rates of platypuses in the upper Shoalhaven River, New South Wales Australia. Abbreviations are: n, numbers of net hours; D, darkness; L, day- light; o, no trapping. (Grant, pers. comm.) time feeding in winter as at other seasons (Grant and Carrick, 1978) unless the animal was capable of becoming torpid as is its relative, the echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Augee and Ealey, 1968). There is some evidence for torpor in platypuses in captivity (Eadie, 1935; Fleay, 1944), and although this is possible in the wild, in most areas platypuses are active and can be seen during daylight in the winter months (Figs. 3 and 4), although fewer ani- mals are caught at that time. There may be a winter shift to diurnal. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Eisenberg, John Frederick; Kleiman, Devra G; American Society of Mammalogists. [Shippensburg, Pa?] : American Society of Mammalogists
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