JAGUAR BIBLIOGRAPHY
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- Title:
- Jaguar (Panthera onca) food habits in Atlantic Rain Forest of southeastern Brazil.
- Year Published:
- 2001
- Authors:
- Garla, R.C., Setz, E.Z.F., Gobbi, N.
- Abstract:
- Between January and December 1996, the food habits of a relict population of jaguars were studied in 220 km2 Linhares Forest Preserve, which comprises much of the remaining old-growth Atlantic Forest of Espirito Santo, Brazil. Fecal analysis indicated opportunistic feeding on 24 prey species (N 5 101 scats). Mammals represented 87 percent of the total items, followed by reptiles (9.8%) and birds (2.8%). Considering prey weight, 23.4 percent of the items weighed 1‚Äö?Ñ?¨3 kg, 40.5 percent were 3‚Äö?Ñ?¨10 kg, and 27.7 percent weighed more than 10 kg. Analysis of relative prey frequency and biomass indicated that the diet was concentrated in two prey types: long-nosed armadillo and whitelipped peccary. Literature data suggest that forest jaguars rely on the same mammal prey over their entire geographic range.
- Journal:
- Biotropica 33(4):691-696
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