The species tends to focus activities in areas with abundant corn, beechnuts, walnuts, chestnuts,
hazelnuts, or pine seeds (Garshelis and Steinmetz, 2008; Hwang et al.,
2002), although its diet also includes meat from ungulates,which they either
kill or scavenge (Hwang et al., 2002) (Fig. 1). A hyperphagia state before
hibernation has been reported in natural and rural areas, with
changes in diet during this period