Hibernaculum (zoology)

Part of a series on
Animal dormancy
Torpor Hibernation Hibernaculum HIT Aestivation Cryptobiosis Brumation Diapause Embryonic diapause Winter rest Critical thermal maximum Sleep (non-human) Developmental biology

A hibernaculum plural form: hibernacula (Latin, "tent for winter quarters") is a place of abode in which a creature seeks refuge, such as a bear using a cave to overwinter.^[1][2] Insects may hibernate to survive the winter. The word can be used to describe a variety of shelters used by various kinds of animals, for instance, bats, marmots and snakes.

• 

  Bear Gulch Cave provides a home to a colony of Townsend's big-eared bats^[1]

• 

  An artificial hibernaculum or 'Bug Hotel'

1. ^ OhRanger.com American Park Network ®

See also

• Insect hotel
• Dead hedge

Notes