Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)

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(12-03-2020, 08:02 AM)Sully Wrote: Unprecedented sightings of maned wolves in Amazon herald a changing landscape

• The maned wolf has been spotted 22 times in the Amazon over the past 25 years, 10 of those times in areas where it had never been seen before.
• Scientists posit that South America’s largest canine is spreading north as human-driven deforestation and climate change eat away at the fringes of the Amazon, turning the rainforest into the dry shrubland that the maned wolf is accustomed to.
• In its traditional range across the Cerrado savanna, the maned wolf is being squeezed into increasingly fragmented spaces and pushed into human areas.
• This puts it at risk of being hit by vehicles, catching disease from domestic pets, and being killed by farmers.
  

@Sully

Thats a very valuable information, I wasn't expecting the maned wolves get to the point of venturing into the Amazon but unfortunately humans every day can surprise us negatively as they are the biggest threat for maned wolves so its understandable for them to move into the Amazon.

Thanks for sharing. Reply