BEHAVIOR OF MOUND-BUILDING MOUSE, MUS SPICILEGUS DURING AUTUMN-WINTER PERIOD IN CAPTIVITY
D. Simeonovska-Nikolova and Sh. Mehmed Department of Ecology and Protection of Nature, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 8 Dragan Tsankov blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria Abstract Mus spicilegus is an outdoor species from southern-eastern Europe, adapted to agroecosystems. In the beginning of autumn, to spend the winter, mound-building mice build complex mounds. These mounds are …