Caldasia (Oct 2022)

Review of the diet for Cerdocyon thous (Carnivora: Canidae), and the first record of Bothrops moojeni (Serpentes: Viperidae) as prey

  • Rhayane A. Assis,
  • Marcelino Benvindo-Souza,
  • Rinneu E. Borges,
  • Alisson Montanheiro-Valentim,
  • Lia Raquel S. Santos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15446/caldasia.v45n1.98885
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 45, no. 1
pp. 187 – 190

Abstract

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The crab-eating fox Cerdocyon thous has a diverse diet ranging from plants to vertebrates, but its diet has never been comprehensively reviewed. Here, we provide the first such review and report the first-ever record of C. thous feeding on the Brazilian lancehead Bothrops moojeni, although other Bothrops species have been documented in the diet of this fox species.

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