Keywords
jaguar
Amazon
diet
How to Cite
Accepted 2023-11-17
Published 2023-12-04
Abstract
This study addresses the understudied predation ecology of Atelocynus microtis, a rare and Near Threatened Amazonian canid. We detail depredation events by the felid species, Panthera onca (Jaguar), observed in southeastern Peru in 2004. The observations were made during ongoing research, which includes radio-telemetry tracking and a reintroduction project. Given historical observed ecological overlaps, we also speculate that Puma concolor (Puma, Mountain Lion) could be a potential predator of A. microtis. Our findings expand the limited existing knowledge on the predators of A. microtis, suggesting a broader range of predators than previously identified.
References
Emmons LH. 1987. Comparative feeding ecology of felids in a neotropical rainforest. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 20:271-283. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4600019
Leite-Pitman R, Beisiegel BM. 2013. Avaliação do estado de extinção do cachorro-do-mato-deorelhas-curtas Atelocynus microtis (Sclater, 1883) no Brasil. Biodiverdidade Brasileira. 3(1):133-137. https://doi.org/10.37002/biodiversidadebrasileira.v3i1.379
Leite R, Champagne PS, Ferreira E. 2023. Predation of Atelocynus Microtis and Speothos Venaticus (Carnivora: Canidae) by Boa Constrictor (Squamata: Boidae) in Southwestern Brazil and Southeastern Peru. Mammalogy Notes. 9(1):326. https://doi.org/10.47603/mano.v9n1.326
Leite-Pitman MRP, Williams RSR. 2011. Atelocynus microtis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T6924A12814890. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T6924A12814890.en Accessed on 27 February 2023.
Moreno RS, Kays RW, Samudio R. 2006. Competitive release in diets of ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) and puma (Puma concolor) after jaguar (Panthera onca) decline. Journal of Mammalogy, 87(4):808-816. https://doi.org/10.1644/05-MAMM-A-360R2.1
Novack A, Main M, Sunquist M, Labisky R. 2005. Foraging ecology of jaguar (Panthera onca) and puma (Puma concolor) in hunted and non-hunted sites within the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala. Journal of Zoology. 267(2):67-178. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0952836905007338
Núñez R, Miller B, Lindzey F. 2000. Food habits of jaguars and pumas in Jalisco, Mexico. Journal of Zoology, 252(3):373-379. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2000.tb00632.x
Rocha DG, de Barros Ferraz KMPM, Gonçalves L, Tan CKW, Lemos FG, Ortiz C, Peres CA, Negrões N, Antunes AP, Rohe F, et al. 2020. Wild dogs at stake: deforestation threatens the only Amazon endemic canid, the short-eared dog (Atelocynus microtis). Royal Society Open Science 7(4):190717. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190717
Tensen L. 2018. Species characteristics of felids and canids, and the number of articles published for each species between 2013 and 2017. Data in brief 21:201-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.09.132
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.