SILVA, M. X.; RODRIGUES, A. N. S.; AZEVEDO, F. C.; LEMOS, F. G. Stronger together: observation on crabeating foxes (Cerdocyon thous) cooperatively preying their potential predator. MASTOZOOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL /JOURNAL OF NEOTROPICAL MAMMALOGY, v. 25, p. 001-005, 2018.
ABSTRACT. We describe the first record of cooperative predation by two crab-eating foxes (Cerdocyon thous) upon an adult short-tailed boa (Boa constrictor amarali) at a Brazilian Cerrado spot. Although it is known that C. thous forages in pairs or in small family groups, there has been no report of crab-eating foxes preying coop-eratively on medium and large-sized preys until now. Our observation sheds light on a poorly-known aspect of feeding behavior of C. thous that could not be recorded through scat analysis, which is currently main source of information on carnivores’ feeding ecology.
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