单词 agouti 释义 BETA

Examples ofagouti

Dictionary> Examples ofagoutiagoutiisn’t in the Cambridge Dictionary yet. You can help!Add a definitionHoles were in the middle of the endocarp: agoutis hold the endocarps horizontally and gnaw at them with the lower jaw.From theCambridge English CorpusAll sightings of ear-tagged agoutis were also recorded and used to determine their home-range areas.From theCambridge English CorpusInsectivory by agoutis is not as well documented, but several researchers report use of animal matter.From theCambridge English CorpusDue to the consistency in tooth mark size and hole appearance, all endocarps with centred holes were assumed to have been made by agoutis.From theCambridge English CorpusWithagoutipresent, and also when other medium-size mammals were present, seed and pod removal was significant.From theCambridge English CorpusThus, for the purpose of our analysis, the mainland sites and six islands supportagouti, while seven islands do not.From theCambridge English CorpusWe recorded the location of dens or refugees during early morning and late-evening tracking of collared agoutis.From theCambridge English CorpusThe majority of fruits that are gnawed open by agoutis are 1-2 y old.From theCambridge English CorpusIn all cases, the scatterhoarding behaviour of agoutis ensures high seed survival and enhances regeneration, while non-scatterhoarded seeds provide food to the rodents.From theCambridge English CorpusFor agoutis, the time of food scarcity was probably adequately described by the 2-km transects.From theCambridge English CorpusCaptive agoutis and squirrels readily ate larvae when presented without the surrounding endocarp, and preferred larvae to seeds.From theCambridge English CorpusIn contrast, theagoutishowed no seasonal differences in stomach content mass but two in percentages of fruit and one in percentages of leaves.From theCambridge English CorpusWe comparedagoutimovement with the locations of refuges and food trees, and the results suggest that the agoutis are central-place foragers.From theCambridge English CorpusOccurrences were similar to those of theagoutiexcept that seeds were more frequent, leaves and insects less frequent, and fibre present in all stomachs.From theCambridge English CorpusWe also gave larvae and seeds to captive agoutis, but not in an experimental setup, because these animals were not individually housed.From theCambridge English CorpusIn both theagoutiand the paca, leaf and fibre consumption was highest in periods of fruit scarcity and in the period of increasing fruiting.From theCambridge English CorpusThese data were used to measure short-term movements and identify associations between agoutis and habitats.From theCambridge English CorpusThus, female acouchies ate more fibre annually and seasonally than did males, female agoutis ate more leaves annually, and female pacas ate less fibre seasonally.From theCambridge English CorpusDental marks on 26 endocarps left at the tent pegs showed that this handling was by agoutis and squirrels.From theCambridge English CorpusNevertheless, agoutis and squirrels in our field experiment did not discriminate between endocarps with larvae and endocarps with intact seeds, in disagreement with our prediction.From theCambridge English Corpus

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