Unknown

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Overview and Meaning

A behavior is defined as unknown when the behavior of the animal cannot be distinguished. Unknown behaviors are included in ethograms to ensure that the ethogram is exhaustive (i.e. that at any time, a behavior can be identified).

Description

The animal is outside of the nest, but the behavior being performed cannot be identified, perhaps due to insufficient camera angles or an obstructed view of the animal.

Classification

Unknown Behaviors

Contexts

None

Variants

None

Unknown is part of

Unknown Behaviors

Unknown behaviors include:

  1. Unknown
  2. Unknown in nest

Unknown behaviors are a top-level classification. The categories of the Mouse Ethogram are:

  1. Active Behaviors
  2. Inactive Behaviors
  3. Unknown Behaviors
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