Cerdocyon thous (carnivore)

Mass: 5.2 kg based on Macdonald and Courtenay 1996

Diet: carnivore-frugivore based on Juarez and Marinho-Filho 2002 and Faria-Correa et al. 2009; frugivore-insectivore based on Macdonald and Courtenay 1996

Abundance: 0.19 to 52.70% (median 6.42%)

Latitudinal range: -31.2° to 4.8°

Habitats: (2), desert/xeric shrubland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), temperate savanna (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (10), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (14), tropical/subtropical savanna (8), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

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Found in 38 samples

Argentina: Acambuco, Iguazù National Park (on roads), Bañados del Quirquincho (bañadero forest)

Bolivia: Santa Rosa (control)

Brazil: Fazenda Sta Emília (acurí forest), Fazenda Cauaia (camera trapping), Estrada do Porto (2005), Tapiraí and Piedade Municipalities, Serra do Japi Biological Reserve (2009/2010), Parque Estadual do Turvo (trail), Ibicuí River, Una and Arataca (forest), Una and Arataca (cabruca), Reserva Natural Vale (year 1), Reserva Natural Vale (year 4), Iguaçu National Park, Formosa Military Training Area, Private Reserve of Natural Heritage Recanto das Antas, Abismo Iguatemi, Catimbau National Park, Terra do Meio Ecological Station II, Cachoeira Seca Indigenous Land I, Sertäo Veredas-Peruaçu mosaic

Colombia: Parque Nacional Natural Farallones de Cali (forest), Parque Nacional Natural Farallones de Cali (scrub), Palmar de Altamira (bosque), Palmar de Altamira (sabana), Palmar de Altamira (palmar 2009), Palmar de Altamira (palmar 2011-2012), Laguna del Petrolero, Otùn Quimbaya Flora and Fauna Sanctuary (2009), Otùn Quimbaya Flora and Fauna Sanctuary (2010-1), Otùn Quimbaya Flora and Fauna Sanctuary (2010-2), Aguazuque Occupation 1

Paraguay: Isla Alta

Uruguay: Rivera (gallery forest), Rivera (plantation), Rivera (grassland)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass5072.2 kgN = 9Macdonald and Courtenay 1996
♂ body mass5305.0 kgN = 10Macdonald and Courtenay 1996
♀ head and body length642 mmN = 9Macdonald and Courtenay 1996
♂ head and body length649 mmN = 10Macdonald and Courtenay 1996

See also Cerdocyon