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Diet of two sympatric carnivores, Cerdocyon thous and Procyon cancrivorus, in a restinga area of Espirito Santo State, Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2006

Andressa Gatti ,
Rita Bianchi ,
Claudia Regina Xavier Rosa  and
Sérgio Lucena Mendes
Andressa Gatti
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Marechal Campos, 1468, Maruípe, Vitória-Espírito Santo, Brazil. CEP: 29040-070
Rita Bianchi
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Marechal Campos, 1468, Maruípe, Vitória-Espírito Santo, Brazil. CEP: 29040-070
Claudia Regina Xavier Rosa
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Marechal Campos, 1468, Maruípe, Vitória-Espírito Santo, Brazil. CEP: 29040-070
Sérgio Lucena Mendes
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Marechal Campos, 1468, Maruípe, Vitória-Espírito Santo, Brazil. CEP: 29040-070
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Abstract

The crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous (Linnaeus, 1766)) and the raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus (Cuvier, 1798)) are medium-sized nocturnal carnivores (3–8 kg) belonging, respectively, to families Canidae and Procyonidae (Berta 1982, Langguth 1975, Yanosky & Mercolli 1993). Both are widely distributed over the Neotropical Region (Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina and the greater part of Brazil) (Berta 1982, Brady 1979, Langguth 1975, Santos & Hartz 1999), being sympatric over most of their range. In Brazil both species are found in various different habitats, including the coastal plains (restingas) (Berta 1987, Langguth 1975, Motta-Junior et al. 1994, Novaes 2002, Santos & Hartz 1999, Wang & Sampaio 2001).

Keywords

Allagoptera arenariacrab-eating foxmammalsdietnicheraccoon
Type
Brief Report
Information
Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , March 2006 , pp. 227 - 230
Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press

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