Maternal Moving - Pup Retrieval
Mouse Ethogram > Active Behaviors > General Activity > Maternal Behaviors > Maternal Moving > Pup Retrieval
Overview and Meaning
Individual newborn pups rarely stray on their own from a warm nest. If a pup is separated from the litter the dam will later locate, retrieve, and move the lost pup(s) back to the nest, in response to their ultrasonic cries.
Description
The dam will pick up a mouse pup using her mouth and move it from outside to inside the nest.
Classification
Maternal Behaviors, variant of Maternal Moving
Contexts
Social
Pup Retrieval is a variant of Maternal Moving.
Stanford Department of Comparative Medicine presents
A Comprehensive Ethogram of the Laboratory Mouse
