Kunigami-gun Kunigami-son
Lecture “Japan's Biggest Mouse Living in Yanbaru Forest - Understanding the Ecology of Polar Rats”
- Lecture / Seminar
- Real-life event
Schedule
2024.11.09（土）
Open：09:45 Start：10:00 End：12:00
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Contents
Polka mice do not live anywhere else in the world other than the northern part of Okinawa Island, Amami Oshima Island, and Tokunoshima, making them the largest family of mice that originally inhabit Japan. Also, it was selected as an endangered class IB in the Ministry of the Environment Red Data Book, and is designated as a national natural monument and a rare domestic wild animal and plant species. This is a lecture where you can listen directly from researchers and deepen your knowledge about pollack mice.
・Mammals in Yanbaru Forest (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Shun Kobayashi)
・Current Status and Issues of Road Kills (Ministry of the Environment Yambaru Nature Conservation Office Active Ranger, Tatsuya Udo)
・Use of tree caves by pollack mice (Teppei Azuma, Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of the Ryukyus)
・Where do pollack mice go? First individual tracking (University of the Ryukyus Postdoctoral Researcher, Kikuchi Hayato)
・Eating habits of pollack mice revealed by DNA analysis of gastric contents (Assistant Professor Kobayashi Shun, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus)
Capacity：50 people
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