Magnetic alignment in warthogs Phacochoerus africanus and wild boars Sus scrofa

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• 作者：Jaroslav Červený ; Hynek Burda ; Miloš Ježek ; Tomá ; š Kušta ; Vá ; clav Husinec ; Petra Nová ; ková ; Vlastimil Hart ; Veronika Hartová ; Sabine Begall and E. Pascal Malkemper
• 刊名：Mammal Review
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：47
• 期：1
• 页码：1-5
• 全文大小：212K
• ISSN：1365-2907

文摘

Magnetic alignment (MA) results from the preference of animals to align themselves along the field lines of the geomagnetic field, a behavioural expression of a magnetic sense. MA is well documented for ruminants and might demonstrate a general magnetic sensory ability among artiodactyls. We measured body-axis alignment in 1614 foraging or resting wild boars Sus scrofa, 1849 wild boar beds, and 1347 warthogs Phacochoerus africanus, and found a highly significant north–south preference. The magnetic field was the only common denominator of all observations. Thus, we provide the first data suggesting a magnetic sense in the Suidae.