IUCN / SSC Cat Specialist Group - Digital Cat Library |
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
|
| de Oliveira, E.N.C. | |
| Ecologia alimentar e rea de vida de carn¡voros da Floresta Nacional de Ipanema, Iper¢, SP | |
| 2002 Full Book | |
The aim of this work organized in two chapters was to obtain more information about the community of Carnivora of the Floresta Nacional de Ipanema located in the State of SÆo Paulo. It was possible to study with more details the diet of 5 species: otter (_Lontra longicaudis_), crab-eating fox (_Cerdocyon thous_), coati (_Nasua nasua_), oncilla (_Leopardus tigrinus_) and jaguarundi (_Herpailurus yagouaroundl_). It also was possible to obtain some information about the diet of 3 more species: crab-eating raccoon (_Procyon cancrivorous_), grison (_Galictis cuja_) and puma (_Puma concolor_). This part of the study was developed through scat analysis (N=257). Information about activity time, habitat use, and home-range of 4 individuals (2 crab-eating fox and 2 coatis) was obtained through radio-telemetry. The results showed that otters were specialist, eating mainly fishes and crustaceans. The felids were the most predatory species of this study. They ate a lot of vertebrates and just a few invertebrates or food of vegetable origin. The crab-eating fox and the coati are generalists. They ate food of animal and vegetable origin, and presented seasonal variation. About the activity time, the crab-eating fox are nocturnal and crepuscular, and the coatis are diurnal, but also presented some nocturnal activity. The crab-eating fox uses mainly open field and anthropoid areas. The couple of this specie used the same dormitory, and although they had fed near each other they were never seen hunting together and each one looked for its own food, except during the lactation period, when the male took some food to the female and to their descendents. The coatis preferred forest areas. The female became part of a group and the male was alone most of the time during the study. |
|
 |
PDF files are only accessible to Friends of the Cat Group. Joining Friends of the Cat Group gives you unlimited access and downloads in the Cat SG Library for one year, and allows you to receive our newsletter Cat News (2 regular issues per year plus special issues). More information how to join here |
(c) IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group ( IUCN - The World Conservation Union) |