Hibernacula (Animal habitations)
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Name (Latin)
Hibernacula (Animal habitations)
Other forms of name
Animal hibernacula (Habitations)
Animals
Hibernacles
Hibernation sites
Sites, Hibernation
See Also From tracing topical name
Animals Habitations
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q960043
Library of congress:
sh2006001546
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Doering, S.C. Modeling rattlesnake hibernacula on the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho, 2005.
- Web. 3(hibernaculum, pl. hibernacula 1: the winter resting part of a plant (as a bud or underground stem). 2a: a shelter that is occupied during winter by a dormant insect or other animal and that usu. has a characteristic structure for each species--called also hibernacle. 2b: an encysted bud in a freshwater bryozoan that survives the winter and develops into a colony in the spring. 2c: the epiphragm of a snail)
- The American heritage dictionary of the English language, c2000(hibernaculum, n. pl. hibernacula. 1. A protective case, covering, or structure, such as a plant bud, in which an organism remains dormant for the winter. 2. The shelter of a hibernating animal)
- McGraw-Hill dict. of sci. and tech. terms, c2003(hibernaculum [BIOL] A winter shelter for plants or dormant animals. [BOT] A winter bud or other winter plant part. [INV ZOO] A winter resting bud produced by a few freshwater bryozoans which grows into a new colony in the spring)
- Mattison, C. Encyc. of snakes, c1995:p. 59 (hibernation sites)
- LC database, Feb. 28, 2006(prairie rattlesnake hibernacula)
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File:Alpine Newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) hibernating in dead wood (13537518605).jpg
Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0
File:Bear hibernating.jpg
National Park Service, Public domain
File:Columbian Ground Squirrel Roger's Pass.jpg
Cash4alex, CC BY-SA 3.0
File:Frogs wintering under a habitat mat.JPG
Ian Alexander, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Garter snake hibernaculum at Pixley dam near Cokeville Meadows NWR (14651652199).jpg
USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain
File:Indiana bats (5600274705).jpg
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, Public domain
File:Lady Bug (2738238274).jpg
Harald Hoyer from Schwerin, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0
File:Myotis grisescens clusters at a large hibernaculum.JPG
Larisa Bishop-Boros, CC BY-SA 3.0
File:Snake Hole.jpg
Serge Melki from Indianapolis, USA, CC BY 2.0
File:Snapping turtle in Mud.JPG
Ontley, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Toad - geograph.org.uk - 513983.jpg
Rudi Winter, CC BY-SA 2.0
File:Wsprucebudworm.jpg
David G. Fellin1 and Jerald E. Dewey, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
A hibernaculum (plural form: hibernacula) (Latin, "tent for winter quarters") is a place in which an animal seeks refuge, such as a bear using a cave to overwinter. The word can be used to describe a variety of shelters used by many kinds of animals, including insects, toads, lizards, snakes, bats, rodents, and primates of various species.
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