Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)

[Dark Jaguar]

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Bolt male Maned Wolf datas.

credits: Pró Carnívoros and Amigos do Lobo project.

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Name: Bolt

Weight: 33 kg

Gender: Male

Age: 7 Years old (2013)

Area: Serra da Canastra (MG) - Brazil

Accompany Tracking: 2 years (October 2013 and October 2015)

Monitoring time: 752 days

Couple: Rose female

Distance walked: (2 years): 8.013 km

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Bolt's Measurements:

Shoulder Height (from the wrist to the shoulder): 86 cm

Length: 1,71 meters .

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Paw measurements:

Front paw: height: 7,65 cm,  width: 5,71 cm

Posterior paw: height: 7.50 cm,   width: 4,73 cm

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Pró carnivoros:

''Today we are pleased to share the story of this animal that makes us happy for the opportunity to walk beside it.

The Canastra Wolves project team set traps in the Serra da Canastra National Park on an afternoon in October 2013. A storm of lightning was forming. The next morning, in the last trap we saw a big orange individual. It was a maned wolf, which weighed an incredible 33 kg. Its body measured 1.71 meters. He was 86 cm high from his wrist to his shoulder.

The wolf, almost eight years old, was equipped with a monitoring necklace so he could reveal details of his life. At the exit of the trap, he trotted out stepping firmly. It looked as if the ground was shaking. That wolf sent by lightning and that where he passed thundered, was called Bolt. When accompanying him, he showed a well-established routine inside the park. Sometimes he would come down the mountain to eat fruit. It was a dangerous path going down and up a steep rock wall.

In July 2014 a female was captured in the Bolt area. Rose had milk on her tits. He was suspected to be the father, since wolves have low tolerance to intruders in their territory. Days later Bolt was recaptured in the same place. In the coming weeks the monitoring confirmed that they were a couple. And Bolt was yes the father of three little wolves. Later that year, a fire in the park burned down their entire area. Bolt and Rose were able to save themselves, but they lost their cubs.''

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BOLT'S SAD INJURY.

''In March of the following year, Bolt started to behave differently. After a month with very little activity, he began to explore areas that did not belong to his territory. Four months later in his recapture, it was found that he had broken a leg. It was a fracture in his hind leg that, although consolidated, made him limp a lot. This did not prevent him from doubling his area of life and increasing his daily movement. Even with limitations, it is the wolf with the largest territory and the highest rates of movement and activity for the species. Bolt resisted and circumvented adversities. Bolt is until today an example of obstinacy. A survivor. May his life serve as an inspiration to us all.''

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''Area of life of an animal represents the space it circulates periodically in search of food, water, communicate with other individuals and patrolling against invasors.
the red little dots bellow are 17.776 localization spots sent via collar in 2 years and the green line is the total area of life estimated.''

Bolt's area of life:

145 km2 ( until March 2015 )

317 km2 ( from March until October 2015 )

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Nest/Burrow made by the couple Bolt male and Rose female for their first litter registered in July 2014.

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