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08-31-2020, 10:45 PM( This post was last modified: 08-31-2020, 10:46 PM by Dark Jaguar )
Pró Carnívoros.
Where are the wolves from the Pardo?
The dynamics of three wild Maned Wolves monitored.
The marking of the maned wolves with GPS satellite monitoring collars allows researchers of the Projeto Lobos do Pardo to understand more about various aspects of the life history of the maned wolves including the area that each animal occupies, how they move and how their activity is, information fundamental to the conservation of the species.
Currently, the Project monitors three maned wolves in the region of the Pardo River basin, northeast of the state of São Paulo: The individuals named Pimenta, Mika and Picco.
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By knowing the area of life of these animals, researchers can identify the type of landscape frequented by the wolves, in addition to the properties where they circulate, allowing the team to visit these areas to minimize conflicts and exchange information with the owners.
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Pimenta has a large living area of 50 km2, where pastures predominate. Right in the middle of its living area has a road, which is a great risk for this female.
Its neighbors, Mika and Picco, have areas of 20 km2 and 17 km2, respectively. As usual a couple overlap their living areas and in the case of the two, they coincide in the use of 95% of the space. They live in an area where the presence of coffee and sugar cane stand out in the landscape. Males and females of the species do not live together. Only during the reproductive period is it possible to notice physical interactions between the couple, for about two weeks. At the end of March they were walking together, which suggests mating. The gestation period varies, in general between 62 to 64 days.
Who knows soon we will have puppies out there?
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This project is executed by the Instituto Pró-Carnívoros in partnership with AES Tietê and in collaboration with ICMBio-CENAP.
Check on the pics bellow via Pró Carnívoros instagram the individuals as well as the map with the areas they patrolled.
Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
