Squirrels of the World

(Rick Simeone) #1
Protoxerus stangeri 249

panied by visual displays, but this squirrel does respond to
foreign objects by fl uffi ng its tail and moving it from side to
side above the back. Males chase estrous females before
mating. Females appear to reproduce one to two times an-
nually, and they produce one to two young in each litter.


general references: Amtmann 1966; Emmons 1975,
1978, 1979, 1980; Gautier-Hion et al. 1980; Kingdon 1971; Ros-
evear 1969.
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