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| SCIENTIFIC
CLASSIFICATION |
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| COMMON
NAME: |
maned
wolf |
| KINGDOM: |
Animalia |
| PHYLUM: |
Chordata |
| CLASS: |
Mammalia |
| ORDER: |
Carnivora |
| FAMILY: |
Canidae |
| GENUS
SPECIES: |
Chrysocyon
brachyurus |
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| DESCRIPTION: |
Overall
coat is reddish-yellow. Hair along ridge of back
is longer and may be darker than rest of coat. Muzzle
and lower legs are dark. Throat and tail are light.
Ears are long and pronounced. Hair along neck and
shoulders is thick, longish, and erectile - hence
the common name. |
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| SIZE: |
Head
& body length = 950-1,320 mm
Tail length = 280-490 mm
Shoulder height = 740-900 mm |
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| DIET: |
Rodents,
other small mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, fruit,
and other vegetable matter |
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| GESTATION: |
62-66
days |
| NURSING
DURATION |
Weaned
by 15 weeks |
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| LIFE
SPAN: |
Approximately
15 years |
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| RANGE: |
Central
and eastern Brazil, eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina,
and Uruguay |
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| HABITAT: |
Grasslands,
savannahs, and swamps |
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| POPULATION: |
GLOBAL |
No
data |
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| STATUS: |
IUCN |
Near
Threatened |
| CITES |
Appendix
II |
| USFWS |
Endangered |
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| 1. |
The
particularly long legs of the maned wolf are likely
an adapation which allows them to see above the
tall grass in which they often hunt. |
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| 2. |
Maned
wolves exhibit monogomous pairings, with breeding
pairs defending a territory averaging 27 km2.
Despite the concerted defense of territory, male
and female wolves typically only associate closely
during breeding season. |
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| 3. |
In
a zoological setting, male maned wolves have been
observed regurigitating food for their young. This
may indicate that the male plays a significant role
in the care of young in the natural enviroment. |
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| While
not often hunted for its coat, the maned wolf is
hunted as a reaction to its portrayal as a threat
to domesticated livestock, particularly chickens.
It faces additional pressures as its grassland habitat
is burned for human purposes. The maned wolf currently
has virtually no presence in Argentina and Uruguay
as a result of these pressures. Of note, however,
is the extension of their Brazilian range as they
exploit recently deforested regions. |
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| Nowak,
Ronald M. Walker's Mammals of the World - Volume
I (Sixth Edition) |
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