Mary Allen
Ua like ke ʻano o nā squirrels ʻāina ʻApelika. Akā ʻoi aku ka nui o lākou a paʻakikī loa ko lākou hulu. No laila mai kona inoa.
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He aha ke ʻano o nā squirrels honua?
He ʻano squirrel maʻamau a me kahi huelo lōʻihi a ulu. He parasol kēia: paʻa ʻoe iā ia ma ke ʻano e malu ai kou kino. ʻO ka ʻaʻahu ʻulaʻula, ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele a i ʻole ke kinamona ʻeleʻele i ka beige-hina, ʻo ka ʻōpū a me loko o nā wāwae he hina hina a keʻokeʻo.
He 20 a 45 kenimika ke ana o na squirrel honua mai ka ihu a lalo, me ka huelo 20 a 25 kenimika ka loa. Eia naʻe, ʻokoʻa iki ka nui o nā ʻano ʻehā: ʻo ka squirrel ground striped ka nui loa, ʻo Cape ground squirrels a me Kaokoveld ground squirrels he mau kenimika wale nō ka liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi loa ʻo ka squirrel lepo. Ma muli o ke ʻano a me ke kāne, ke kaupaona nei nā holoholona mai 300 a 700 grams. ʻOi aku ka nui a ʻoi aku ke kaumaha o nā wahine ma mua o nā kāne.
He ʻano ʻano like nō nā ʻōpeʻa Cape, nā ʻeke lepo ʻo Kaokoveld, a me nā ʻeke lepo ʻoniʻoni: he ʻōniʻoniʻo keʻokeʻo ko lākou a pau ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ko lākou kino. ʻO ka squirrel lepo wale nō ka nele i kēia kiʻi. He apo maka keʻokeʻo ikaika nā maka o nā ʻano a pau, akā, ʻaʻole i ʻike nui ʻia kēia apo i ka squirrel ground Kaokoveld.
E like me nā koʻokoʻo a pau, ua hana ʻia ʻelua ʻoki i ʻoki ʻoki ma ka ʻāwae luna. Ke ulu nei kēia mau mea no ke ola. He mau ʻumi ʻumi lōʻihi ko nā squirrels honua, i kapa ʻia ʻo vibrissae, ma ko lākou mau ihu. Kōkua lākou i nā holoholona e ʻimi i ko lākou ala a puni. Liʻiliʻi nā pepeiao, nalowale nā pinnae. He ikaika na wawae a he mau maiuu loihi ko na wawae i hiki ai i na holoholona ke eli maikai.
Ma hea kahi e noho ai nā squirrels honua?
E like me ka hōʻike ʻana o ko lākou inoa, ʻike ʻia nā squirrels honua ma ʻApelika. Noho ʻo Cape ground squirrel ma ʻApelika hema, ʻo Kaokoveld ground squirrel ma Angola a me Namibia. ʻO kēia mau ʻano ʻelua ʻo ia wale nō ka mea i uhi ʻia nā pae. Aia ka squirrel lepo kaha ma ka home ma West and Central Africa, ka squirrel ground ma East Africa.
Makemake nā squirrels ʻApelika i nā wahi ākea e like me nā savannas a me nā wao nahele kahi i nui ʻole nā kumu lāʻau. Eia nō naʻe, noho lākou i nā ʻāina ululāʻau liʻiliʻi a me nā wahi noho pōhaku ma nā mauna.
He aha nā ʻano o nā ʻuala honua?
ʻAʻole like wale nā ʻōpala ʻāina o ʻApelika i kā mākou squirrel, akā pili pū lākou iā ia: no ka ʻohana squirrel a me ka ʻano rodent. ʻEhā ʻano ʻano ʻano like ʻole o ka squirrel lepo ʻApelika: ʻo ka Cape ground squirrel (Xerus injuries), ke Kaokoveld a i ʻole Damara ground squirrel (Xerus princeps), ka ʻōniʻoniʻo ground squirrel (Xerus erythropus), a me ka squirrel ground plain (Xerus rutilus).
ʻEhia makahiki e loaʻa ai i nā squirrels honua?
ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka makahiki e hiki ai i nā squirrels honua ke loaʻa.
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Pehea ka noho ʻana o nā squirrels honua?
ʻO nā squirrels honua ʻApelika he diurnal a - ʻaʻole like me kā mākou squirrels - noho wale ma ka honua. Noho lākou i loko o nā kolo ma nā lua lalo a lākou e ʻeli iho ai. ʻO kēia kahi e hoʻi ai nā holoholona e hoʻomaha a hiamoe a loaʻa kahi malu mai ko lākou mau ʻenemi a me ka wela nui i ke awakea. I ke kakahiaka, haʻalele lākou i ko lākou lua a mehana i ka lā ma mua o ka hele ʻana i waho e ʻimi ai.
Hoʻokumu nā squirrels Cape ground i nā lua nui loa. Aia lākou i kahi ʻōnaehana lālā ākea o nā tunnel lōʻihi a me nā keʻena. Hiki i kēlā ʻano maze ke hoʻonui i ʻelua mau kilomita square a hiki i hoʻokahi haneli puka! ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o nā lua o ka squirrel ground Kaokoveld, ʻelua a ʻelima wale nō puka komo. ʻO nā squirrels lepo wahine e pale aku i ko lākou lua e kūʻē i nā conspecifics ʻaʻole i pili i kā lākou kolone.
Noho ʻo Meerkats i nā lua o nā squirrels i kekahi manawa. ʻOiai ʻo kēia mau mea ʻaihue liʻiliʻi e ʻai mau i nā squirrels honua, ke neʻe lākou i loko o ka lua ma ke ʻano he hoa noho, haʻalele lākou i nā squirrels honua. Hiki i nā meerkats ke kōkua i nā squirrels honua no ka mea e pepehi lākou i nā nahesa i hiki ke pilikia i nā squirrels i loko o kā lākou mau lua.
ʻAʻole nui ka ʻike e pili ana i ke ʻano o nā squirrels honua. Akā, ua ʻike mākou ua ʻōlelo aku nā holoholona i kekahi i kekahi. Ke ʻike lākou i kahi ʻenemi, hoʻopuka lākou i nā leo hoʻolaha. ʻO ka hopena, hūnā koke nā lālā a pau o ka kolone i loko o ka lua.
Noho nā wāhine a me nā kāne i nā ʻāpana ʻokoʻa. I ka hihia o ka Cape ground squirrels, ʻelima a ʻumi, ʻaʻole hiki i 20 mau holoholona ke hana i kahi koloni. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā kolo o Kaokoveld ground squirrels a me ground squirrels a ʻo ka mea maʻamau he ʻelua a ʻehā wale nō holoholona. Ma nā ʻano ʻano a pau, noho mau nā wahine me kā lākou ʻōpio i kahi koloni. ʻO nā kāne, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, hoʻomau ka neʻe ʻana mai kekahi kolone a i kekahi. Mālama wale lākou i ka hui wahine i ka wā male. A laila hele hou lākou i ko lākou ala.
ʻO nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻenemi o ka ʻāina
He nui nā ʻenemi o nā squirrels honua. No ka laʻana, ʻimi ʻia lākou e nā raptors a me nā mammal predatory e like me nā ʻīlio hae a me ka zebra mongooses. He pōʻino loa ka nahesa no nā squirrels.
Ma ʻApelika Hema, ʻaʻole makemake nui ʻia nā squirrels honua i kekahi poʻe mahiʻai no ka mea ʻai lākou i ka palaoa a me nā mea kanu me nā mea kanu hihiu. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoili i nā maʻi, me ka rabies.
Pehea e hanau hou ai na squirrels?
No ka ʻahuʻula a me ka squirrels lepo, ʻo ke kau male ʻana a puni ka makahiki. Hana ʻia ka male ʻana o nā squirrels honua i loko o Malaki a me ʻApelila.
Ma kahi o ʻeono a ʻehiku mau pule ma hope o ka male ʻana, hānau ka wahine i hoʻokahi a ʻekolu, ʻo ka nui o ʻehā mau keiki. Hānau olohelohe a makapō nā pēpē. Noho lākou i loko o ka lua no 45 mau lā a mālama ʻia a hānai ʻia e ko lākou makuahine. Kūʻokoʻa nā keiki ma kahi o ʻewalu pule.
Pehea e kamaʻilio ai nā squirrels honua?
Ma waho aʻe o nā leo ʻōlelo hōʻeuʻeu, hana pū nā squirrels ʻApelika i nā leo ʻē aʻe e kamaʻilio me kekahi.