A Study On The Behavioral Models Of Amur Tiger In Captivity

Since it is uneven for most animals to utilize habitat resources, they tend to use activity distribution time and space selectively, which is very important in behavioral ecology. The activity time distribution of animals reflects availability of food, natural environment and behavioral characteristics of species. From April 23rd 1998 to January 10th 2001, behavioral models of four captive Amur tigers were studied in Harbin Zoo. The results show that: various behavioral models of captive Amur tiger are more regular. Sleeping behavior consists of major activity in the daytime and whole day, accounting for 37. 42% and 53. 13% of the whole activity time. The secondary behavioral models are walking (32. 16% and 19. 57%) and resting behaviors (28. 15% and 22. 05%), and the least are Eating (1. 08% and 2. 27%) and the rest (1. 08% and 2. 98%). The rest include Drinking, Urinating, Shitting, Grooming, Sniffing, Playing, Standing and so on. In the daytime (Fq.90?.74, P(0.05)and whole day(F0.06~-~~0.84, P(0.05), total behavioral models of captive Amur tiger are influenced by seasons insignificantly. In case of different season, there is no significant differences between Resting and Sleeping behaviors(F=0.78 1.79, P<0.05), and Walking behavior is reverse (F=3. 54, P(0. 05). Three major behavioral models of different individual are affected by seasons significantly(F=6.20條3.04, P(0.01).