The diet, prey selection, and activity of dholes (Cuon alpinus) in northern Laos

Autor:	Jan F. Kamler, Anita Bousa, Chanthavy Vongkhamheng, Arlyne Johnson
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Asiatic wild dog Biomass (ecology) Ungulate Ecology biology Endangered species biology.organism_classification Southeast asia Predation Genetics Animal Science and Zoology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Muntjac Nature and Landscape Conservation
Zdroj:	Journal of Mammalogy. 93:627-633
ISSN:	1545-1542 0022-2372
DOI:	10.1644/11-mamm-a-241.1
Popis:	Although Southeast Asia is one of the last strongholds of endangered dholes (Cuon alpinus), or Asiatic wild dogs, little is known about dhole ecology in this region. We used scat collections, prey surveys, and camera-trap data to determine the diet, prey selection, and activity of dholes in a national protected area in northern Laos. Results showed that dhole diets were dominated by ungulates (87% of biomass consumed), with additional prey including other carnivores (6%) and rodents 7% of biomass consumed. Dholes were not random in their consumption of ungulates, because muntjac (20–28 kg) and sambar (185 kg) were selectively consumed over medium-sized (75- to 85-kg) ungulates. Dholes were almost exclusively diurnal, and their activity pattern was significantly different (all P < 0.003) from that of all ungulate species except wild pigs (Sus scrofa). Overall, prey selection ...
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