B. Behavior. 



(1) Disposition and temperament — individuality, gregariousness » intelligence, 



instinct, attitudes, strength, vitality, endurance, tenacity of life, 

 courage, esthetic sense, sociability, playfulness, games, expression 

 of emotions, moods, curiosity, memory, property instinct. 



(2) Senses — time and degree of development; reactions to sound, light, odor, 



taste, touch, balance; devices for appealing to senses, as voice, odor 

 of urine, glands and their secretions (hip glands, metatarsal glands, 

 back glands, belly glands, musk glands, foot glands, anal glands, sex 

 glands) ; special sensory structures, as hairs, vibrlssae, rhinaria, 

 specialized skin, fleshy tactile appendages; attitudes in listening, 

 touching, sniffing, looking, tasting; kinesthetic sense; homing sense; 

 orientation. 



(3) Means of intercommunication—call notes of location, appeal, terror, 



courting, alarm, challenge, •warning, concealment; barking, baying, 

 screaming, hov;ling, squeaking, squeeding, singing, tapping, drumming, 

 purring, roaring, bugling; warning attitudes; flash signals; anission 

 of glandular secretions; odors and odor posts; touch. 



(4) Times of activity and leisure — hours of beginning and ending daily 



activity; times of appearance and disappearance, as of bats and other 

 nocturnal species; unusual activity, as nocturnal species by day or 

 diurnal species by night; hours of work, rest, sleeping, feeding, 

 drinking; effects of weather on activities; attitudes, conditions, 

 and locations when hunting, feeding, mating, playing, sunning, basking, 

 resting, sleeping; differences in activities caused by temperature, 

 moisture, wind, flood, storm. 



(5) Movements — in running, jumping, climbing, digging, swimming, flying; 



gaits, speeds; length of strides, height of jumps; endurance; holding 

 or balancing objects; dexterity with '♦hands," feet, or tail; habits 

 or tricks for protection or direction; time, place, and extent of 

 travel; regularity of use of same travel way* 



(6) Eating and drinking — list of foods eaten indicating range of adaptability; 



foods at different seasons; food preferences; need for salt or other 

 mineral materials; need for roughage; conveyance and storage of food; 

 periods when stored food is used; food caches, as of mountain lions, 

 bears, or rodents; times of harvesting and feeding; variations and 

 reasons therefor; capacity for carrying or dragging food; quantities 

 carried in cheek pouches, mouth, or paws; cleaning or washing of food; 

 hay making and storing; quantities of food stored and eaten; effects 

 of food getting on plant and animal surroundings; manner of capture 

 of prey, chasing, sudden charging, lying in wait; manner of killing 

 prey; "scratches" and caches; migration or movement in relation to 

 prey; disposition after killing; portions eaten; manner of eating; 

 cannibalism; dependence on water; time and manner of drinking; associated 

 habits. 



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