A camera trapping survey of mammals in the mixed landscape of Bolivia’s Chiquitano region with a special focus on the Jaguar
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Jansen, Martin
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Engler, Marc
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Blumer, Luka Moritz
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Rumiz, Damián I.
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Aramayo, José Luis
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Krone, Oliver
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/16.2.323
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10.15560/16.2.323
1809-127X
Cerdocyon thous
(Linnaeus 1766)
Crab-eating Fox, Zorro de monte
Figure 4H
Examined material.
BOLIVIA
; Province of Ñuflo de Chávez of
Santa Cruz Department
; Centro “Chiquitos”; camera stations 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 12 (
Table 1
); first capture on
27 March 2017
; secondary forest patch in pastureland, primary forest, and border of pastureland to forest.
Identification.
This is the most common native canid in the region and is identified by its medium-sized (3.5–
7 kg
), robust body, which has a dense coat of grayish to brownish fur. The legs are black and there is a darker stripe along the back and along the tail. The other fox in the region is the Pampas Fox,
Lycalopex gymnocercus
(Waldheim, 1814)
, which has yellow legs and was not found at this site.