Mammalogy Notes (Sep 2023)

Predation of Atelocynus microtis and Speothos venaticus (Carnivora: Canidae) by Boa constrictor (Squamata: Boidae) in Southwestern Brazil and Southeastern Peru

  • Renata Leite,
  • Patrick Champagne,
  • Evandro Ferreira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.47603/mano.v9n1.326
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1

Abstract

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Literature on the predation ecology of Amazonian canids is scarce, especially for the two rarely observed canids; Speothos venaticus (Bush Dog) and Atelocynus microtis (Short-eared Dog). Between 2000 and 2005 we documented one observation of predation of a A. microtis from southeastern Peru and an observation of S. venaticus predation from southwestern Brazil.

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