Sonya is an animal with an unusual lifestyle. Description and types

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One of the oldest rodent is a heavy sleeper – the animal has much in common with squirrels and mice simultaneously. Features of its structure depend on the lifestyle and habitat. Life expectancy in nature is from 2 to 6 years.

Appearance

Sony are usually small in size. The torso is slightly elongated, narrow head with a pointed muzzle stand out round shiny eyes. Ears rather large, naked, with rounded tips. Sonia photoOn the face from Sony are very sensitive, long whiskers-vibrissae. Their length is about 20 to 40 percent of the entire length of the body. Each tendril can move through the contraction of subcutaneous muscles. This kind of organ of touch through which the animal probes its surrounding space. Limbs thin and short, the front legs of four fingers and on the back five. Thick and very soft wool animal has a small and uniform throughout the body length.

Habitat

Sonja – animal, preferring to live more often on trees, in hollows, and sometimes in earthen burrows, often dug under the roots of trees, under stones and in rock crevices. These animals live mainly in forests, gardens and groves.

Lifestyle and nutrition

Most members of this family in the daytime sleep, and just at dusk they leave their hideouts. Thanks to this feature they got their name. With the onset of cold weather Sony fall into torpor and in this state can spend the whole winter. During this period they have reduced body temperature, slowed metabolism. Some animals Wake up in spring period, eating in a break from the sleep of your stored food. Other stocks did not do and survive the winter due to the rich over the summer and autumn of fat.Sonia rodent

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The basis of the diet of these animals are fruit plants and a variety of seeds, sometimes insects. They also do not refuse in the case of eggs and young birds. It is interesting to observe how food takes Sonia (photo of the animal employed in this process are posted in this article). Holding tightly to the food with its front paws, Sonja brings it to his mouth. These animals can become tame, but only if caught at a young age. Importantly, it is not recommended to do-is to touch them with your hands. Sony really do not like.

Types of dormice

Within the European countries 4 kind of lives these animals – hazel, forest, garden and Loir. Linevych family consists of 9 genera and 28 species. They mostly inhabit the Northern part of Africa, Japan, China. Are also found in the Altai mountains in Asia Minor.

Hazel Dormouse – of all rodents is the most likable, and among the members of this family is the smallest animal. Its body length is 7–8 see the Animal differs from its cousins yellowish-red color. Especially with bright color coat is a young hazel Dormouse. Rodent gets its name from its habitat, a prerequisite of which is the presence of dense thickets of hazel, dog rose, viburnum and other shrubs. Refers to woody species, rarely descending to the ground. Thanks to tenacious paws very quickly and deftly moves through the trunks and branches.

Garden Dormouse-an animal larger (up to 14 cm), with a very peculiar color. Upper body is gray-brown and belly is white. Eyes bordered by black rings, giving the muzzle a very smart and expressive. Although most garden dormice live in deciduous forests, mountainous terrain, are often found in coniferous, penetrating to the North further than other members of this family. Prefers to live in gardens close to human habitation.

Loir – one of the largest. Its size can reach sometimes 19 see the Fur of this animal is very thick, the back is painted in a dark color, sides lighter, the belly and inner surface of legs silvery-white. Eye frames brown ring. Tail covered with dense fur, the bottom is decorated with white longitudinal stripes. Of all the rodents, perhaps the most voracious is the Dormouse (photo animal, see below). Sonya the animalIt will have to until able to do so. At the core of its diet of acorns, nuts, but often she has observed predatory inclinations, when this species is attacked smaller animals, ravages nests, eat the Chicks.

Forest Dormouse has much in common with the species. She has the same fluffy tail that fluff, if you anger the animal. Gray-brown color of the coat is more reminiscent of a garden Dormouse. Only individuals living in the southern regions, it is more bright — the neck has a yellow-orange color and the same color patches located on the cheeks of the animal. Body length is 11 cm, tail about the same.family sanevich

For the captivity industry is more suitable for hazel Dormouse-an animal that is not aggressive, quickly gets used to humans and become tame.


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