Little more about Hokkaido fox, click HERE! Hokkaido red fox is slightly larger than fox in Honshu island of Japan.
Kadosaki have observed behavior of Higuma in deep mountain area and found out what they eat, where they rest and what they avoid. To solve these problem, the barbed wire is set on their passage to a field and the electric fence can protect bee box from them. Smell of honey also attracts them and they approach bee boxes nearby their habitat.
They love sweet thing and cannot help themselves eating corn, beet and watermelon. However the development invades their habitat and contact with humans causes some problems. This means that protecting Higuma is equal to conserving biodiversity of forest,” said Kadosaki. “They are afraid of only humans and their own species, but they also depend on all creatures in the forest. He called Higuma “Boss of forest” with respect, because Higuma is apex predator and their presence affects all animals live in the forest. Kadosaki has been researching on Higuma for over 40 years. Pikas in Hokkaido inhabit southernmost part in the world. They are omnivorous eat seeds, flowers, plants and insects. In Hokkaido they range from plain to subalpine zone. If the rivers and ocean were close to their habitat, they hunt trout and salmon and crayfish under rocks. The pupas of beetles are also their favorite food. The meats they eat belong to variety of animals such as insects, fish and large mammal such as deer. They also eat seeds and fruits such as acorns and morus. So they eat plants which include plenty of water and several nutrition such as butterbur and sweet cicelies. Higuma is omnivorous but they do not have bacteria which helps digestion in their stomach. Ezo deer is larger than deer in Honshu island of Japan. Cubs look back several times and mother also keeps watching her cubs as if both of them miss each other. From summer to autumn Mother separates from her cubs. Mother stays with her cubs for about 2 years. Mother brings cubs up alone until cubs get 1 to 2 years of age. Mother gets birth from January to middle of February during the hibernation. The hibernation starts around end of November and waking up from middle of March to beginning of May. They are solitary animal except during mating and parenting season. The male is about 2.4m (7.9ft) long and 400kg (880lbs). It fluctuates because it is the least right before the birth of cubs in December and the most in after getting birth around end of February. The population is about 1,900 to 2,300 now. They inhabit the mountain and woodland under about 1500m (4900feet) altitude. The population is concentrated in Oshima and Shiretoko peninsula. The habitat of Higuma covers about 50 % of Hokkaido. They put snow and underground water out to keep their den clean even during the hibernation period. They dig it by themselves or use the cave dug by other Higuma. Masahiko Kadosaki, Director of Hokkaido Wildlife Laboratory tells us about Higuma Bear and wildlife in Hokkaido.īrown bear at Kurile Lake in Kamchatka, RussiaĪsian black bear in Japan use a natural cave for winter den but Higuma Bear do not. Higuma Bear is the key species for the conservation because of its territorial broadness and food variety. Higuma Bear is the brown bear lives only in Hokkaido and the largest land mammal in Japan. Hokkaido Wildlife Laboratory studies about behavior of those native species and protects their habitat. The wilderness of Hokkaido still remains intact in the most part of the island and so many indigenous species live in. The shape of Hokkaido which is northernmost and second largest island in Japan is like a diamond.
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