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Animal latrines (latrine areas,〔 animal toilets, defecation sites) are places where wildlife animals habitually defecate and urinate. Many kinds of animals are highly specific in this respect and have stereotyped routines, including approach and departure.〔"Mammalogy", ISBN 0763762997, (p. 562 )〕 Many of them have communal, i.e., shared latrines. ==Animals with dedicated defecation sites== Animals with communal latrines include raccoons, Eurasian badger (''Meles meles''), elephants,〔 deer,〔 antelopes,〔("THE ROLE OF SMALL ANTELOPE IN ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING IN THE MATOBO HILLS, ZIMBABWE" )〕 horse, and dicynodonts (a 240-million-year-old site is the "world's oldest public toilet").〔("Giant prehistoric toilet unearthed" ), James Morgan, science reporter, ''BBC News'', 28 November 2013〕 A regularly used toilet area or dunghill, created by many mammals, such as the hyrax or moles is also called a midden.〔("Establishment of the case of Hebeloma radicosum growth on the latrine of the wood mouse" ), ''Mycoscience'', October 2006, Volume 47, Issue 5, pp 263–268 (click "Look inside" link)〕 Some lizards, such as yakka skinks (''Egernia rugosa'') and thorny devil use dedicated defecation sites. European rabbit (''Oryctolagus cuniculus'') may deposit their pellets both randomly over the range and at communal latrine sites.〔Sneddon I.A. Latrine use by the European rabbit (Oryctolagus-Cuniculus). J Mammal 1991;72:769–775 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Animal latrine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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