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Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
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Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
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Onçafari
''Have you ever noticed the size of a maned wolf's legs? These animals are super adapted to their environment. They have a slender body, besides long and thin legs, probably an adaptation because of the displacement in open areas, covered by high grams. With high and long legs, it is easier to move around the areas where the species occurs! Did you know that one?'' photo: Eduardo Fragoso  *This image is copyright of its original author
credits: Projeto Amigo do Lobo
a very special moment of releasing a Maned Wolf to the Wild Cerrado. Mom and Cub
Newborn Cub.
 *This image is copyright of its original author
Running Maned/Guará Wolf in the Cerrado.
He runs insanely fast with those long legs. That's impressve.
The Maned/Guará Wolf in the Pantanal
Posted in 2015 translated by: Me Onçafari Project President Mario receives Rogerio from Sou Amigo do Lobo Project ( ''I am friend of the wolf'' in portuguese ). Rogerio is the biggest specialist of maned/guará wolf in Brazil and will talk about this very cool and interesting animal. Mario: - We've seen alot at least here at Refúgio Ecológico Caiman the maned wolf's presence which is not an animal from the Pantanal. Rogerio: - Yeah the maned wolf is originally from the cerrado it actually occupies all the central region of south america and when we talk to the eldest people from pantanal they actually had never seen a maned wolf there. so we believe in fact the maned wolf had entered to the drier areas of pantanal and today we've made a study mapping the maned wolf throughout all Brazil and we got around 15% to 20% of the pantanal is suitable to receive the maned wolfs presence and this part of southern pantanal where the Refúgio Ecológico Caiman is located as well as other higher farms in this region and one part between mato grosso do sul and mato grosso are the best areas for the maned wolf to show up and establish themselves here in this biome. Mario: - Why do you think we have seen the maned wolf more often in the region do you think they had always been to this area or the maned wolf is suffering some pressure from outside that is leading them to move towards this area? Rogerio: - I think so there might be 2 possibilities to this, either Pantanal start to present more characteristics to the maned wolf in terms of food resources and drier areas along the year to stay more dry for much longer or the negative side which is the whole agricultural expansion and the problems of deforestation in the cerrado are leading maned wolves with no space at the border of pantanal. So that makes the maned wolves enter in the Pantanal which has a better quality than the extensive monocuture areas. Mario: - Thats very interesting what you said in 4 years of project here I've seen 2 sighting on 2 maned wolves as you can see in the camera trap footages and both times were in the drought but we also saw them in the camera traps in the flooded areas so maybe this pressure is increasing even more that even in the flooded areas of pantanal the maned wolf is trying to adapt here. Rogério: - Yeah I think these sighting in the flood not only here at Refúgio Ecológico Caiman but also in other farms they corroborate this theory of these more elevaded areas like in this southern section of pantanal became more attractive to the maned wolf so even in the flooded areas they find dry spots where they can find food, walk, hunt. Mario: - Cool that's very interesting the maned wolf is for sure a very cool animal to see and the rare moments when we see them here at Refúgio Ecológico Caiman it's just nearly as emotional as when the people see jaguars here, seen maned wolf is something very unexpected, rare and so cool to see.
credits: onçafari
Maned Wolf in the wild Cerrado. onçafari- ''Have you ever heard a wolf shrieking? It may seem strange, but the correct term to describe the maned wolf's vocalization is not howling, but shriek. The maned wolf is not a real wolf, it is genetically closer to foxes. This wolf decided to act right in front of the cameras at our base in Pousada Trijunção - Cerrado .''
Onçafari
Maned wolf/Guará wolf on top of termite mound marking his territory in the wild Cerrado.  *This image is copyright of its original author
https://www.facebook.com/leandro.silveira.iop/videos/2902918599803469/
Today Minduin's breakfast is Green Corns. ''In this time of the year maned wolves get into the agricultures of corn to eat corns. Maned wolves are omnivorous they eat meat and they also have fruits on their diet and the maned wolves from this region of cerrado they adapted to eat corns as well but they only eat green corns not dry corns.'' I wonder what happened to Minduin's left front leg 
Maned Wolf in Southern Pantanal.
Maned wolves spotted in Southern Pantanal
Maned Wolf preying on Rodent in Southern Pantanal
Credits: Onças do Iguaçú
Taking care of our maned wolves! Today was a special one where we also helped to take care of our wolves! Early on our team was told that a maned wolf had crossed a busy highway. We went to check and couldn't find the animal. He was then located by the Environmental Police inside the Sest Senat, contained inside a bathroom. Miraculously he escaped being run over! The veterinarian and super partner of the Onças do Iguaçu Project, Wanderlei de Morais, was wonderful: he did the containment of the animal, anesthesia, clinical evaluation and all the monitoring of the return of the anesthesia until the moment of the release. Wanderlei, we love you! Thank you very much! We also collected blood and did an anesthesia of blood biochemistry. A thousand thanks also to the Environmental Police team, who accompanied us and helped us through the whole process. The little wolf, a young male, was not injured and the decision was made to release him immediately. During the entire procedure we had at a distance the super support and guidance of Rogério Cunha from CENAP/ICMBio who besides being a partner of the Project is a great specialist in maned wolves. The release was done in a protected place with the kind of environment that maned wolves need (they are not animals from closed forests). The wolf went immediately after the release to drink water in a stream and followed his path. He was baptized Areté which means in Tupi "festive day". And today was a day of celebration a day when we could save this animal and give it a new chance of life. The golden eyes of a jaguar sweep out his heart and the sweet strong eyes of a maned wolf are no less sweeping. Long live to you, Areté. May the bush protect you and keep you.
Vereda female monitored by Onçafari in East Cerrado.
Photo: Fábio Paschoal  *This image is copyright of its original author
Onçafari
April 22nd 2019 https://oncafari.org/2019/04/22/femea-lo...trijuncao/ By Fábio Paschoal The sun had already hidden on the horizon when a noise caught our attention: it was the noise of a maned wolf. The radio-collar receiver confirmed it was Diadorim one of the animals monitored by Onçafari at Pousada Trijunção located in the Cerrado at the meeting of the states of Minas Gerais, Bahia and Goiás. We were in the middle of the capture campaign and the priority was to find a wolf without collar to start the habituation process. But Valquíria Cabral (Val) and Wellyngton Ayala biologists of the project said the animal was so close that it was worth trying to track it down. Diadorim male maned wolf/Guará wolf monitored by Onçafari at Pousada Trijunção - Photo: Fábio Paschoal  *This image is copyright of its original author We got in the truck and left in search of the wolf. Val lit the way while Wellyngton checked the radio-collar signal with telemetry. Everyone watched closely, hoping to see the brightness in Diadorim's eyes. But the tall grass left the animal camouflaged, made it difficult to approach and frustrated our expectations. But Val knew that wolf like nobody else. She analyzed the possible routes and made a prediction: "He's going home [to Onçafari's base]". We followed the road. The tension grew as we approached our destination in the same proportion as we hoped to see South America's largest canid in its natural habitat. When we arrived at the base, we had a surprise: Diadorim was accompanied by an animal without necklace! At the same moment, Val turned off the light and said "Turn off the car!". There was a trap next to the couple and there was a possibility that one of them would be captured. The only thing visible was the dark and you could only hear the sound of silence. We stood there, motionless, not knowing what was coming but with the certainty that something extraordinary was about to happen. Suddenly, "Bam!" The trap door's closed! The crowd was all for Diadorim's companion to be inside the cage but as it was not possible to see the trap from where we were, Val got out of the car to check. She came back with a smile on her face and said, "No necklace!" At that moment, joy took over and everyone began to embrace each other. Onçafari team: Wellyngton (left) and Valkyrie (center) collect data from the maned wolf, while Joares (right) monitors the animal's health - Photo: Fábio Paschoal  *This image is copyright of its original author Joares May (better known as Vet) Onçafari's veterinary doctor took the lead. He applied the anesthesia, took the animal out of the cage and started collecting data, placing the necklace and all the necessary exams to check the animal's health. With the help of the project's biologists (Val, Wellyngton and Eduardo Fragoso), the Vet finished all the procedures quickly and put the she-wolf back in the cage so that she could recover safely from the anesthesia. The next day, the team positioned the cameras to catch the moment of the cage opening. Vet verified that the animal was in good condition to be released and gave Val the green light to take the door out of the trap. The moment the wolf left the cage, grabbed one of the cameras and filmed her return to freedom already with her baptismal name and as the youngest member of the Onçafari. Welcome to the team, Vereda! Video: Vereda female being released as she grabs Onçafaris camera and runs away hahaha Vereda female with Onçafari's camera  *This image is copyright of its original author *Fabio Paschoal is a biologist, journalist and ecotourism guide. He was editor and reporter of National Geographic Brazil for 5 years and today is content producer of Onçafari and GreenBond |
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