Akisawa, Masae

Yanagawa, Hisashi

application/pdfRoad kills of medium- and small-sized mammals, reptiles and amphibians were surveyed in eastern Hokkaido, northern Japan. Four hundreds and fifty-five carcasses of medium- and small-sized mammals, 17 carcasses of reptiles and 1051 carcasses of amphibians were collected from April 1996 to March 1998. In mammals, the species with the highest number of casualties due to traffic accidents was the Big-clawed Shrew with a total of 152 killed, followed by Red Squirrel (94) and Red Fox (85). Road kills of reptiles were low, with only 17 mortalities of four species. In amphibians, a great majority of the mortalities were Ezo Brown Frogs with 1,044 casualties.北海道東部において, 中・小型哺乳類, 爬虫類および両生類の交通事故が調査された｡ 中・小型哺乳類455個体, 爬虫類17個体, 両生類1051個体の交通事故死体が, 1996年4月～1998年3月の2年間で拾得された｡ 哺乳類では, オオアシトガリネズミの事故が最も多く152個体, 次いでエゾリス94個体, キタキツネ85個体であった｡ 爬虫類の交通事故は少なく, 4種類17個体のみであった｡ 両生類では, ほとんどがエゾアカガエル(1044個体)であった

Road kills of medium- and small-sized mammals, reptiles and amphibians in eastern Hokkaido

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