Animal latrine

"Animal toilet" redirects here. For other uses, see Animal toilet (disambiguation).

Animal latrines (latrine areas,[1] 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.[2] Many of them have communal, i.e., shared, latrines.

A regularly used toilet area or dunghill, created by many mammals, such as moles or hyraxes, is also called a midden.[3][4]

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  2. ^ "Mammalogy", ISBN 0763762997, p. 562
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