It features more than 150 superb color plates depicting every kind of canid and detailed facing-page species accounts that describe key identification features, morphology, distribution, subspeciation, habitat, and conservation status in the wild. This stunningly illustrated and easy-to-use field guide covers every species of the world’s canids, from the Gray Wolf of North America to the dholes of Asia, from African jackals to the South American Bush Dog. R.The most complete and user-friendly photographic field guide to the world’s canids

Atelocynus microtis Research and Conservation by M.Studies with a tame short-eared dog by Maria Renata Leite.Ecology and conservation of the short-eared dog by WildCru.IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group: Small Eared Zorro.The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, 2005. Foxes, Wolves and Wild Dogs of the World. IUCN Publications Services Unit, 219c Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, United Kingdom, 2004. Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs - 2004 Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. Short-eared dog Atelocynus microtis (Sclater, 1883).C-S. ^ 'Short-eared dog? Uncovering the secrets of one of the Amazon's most mysterious mammals'.^ ebcc Archived at the Wayback Machine.^ ' Atelocynus microtis: Information'.'The Ghost Dogs of the Amazon Get a Bit Less Mysterious'. ^ 'Atelocynus microtis (Short-eared Dog, Short-eared Fox, Small-eared Dog, Small-eared Zorro)'.: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) Burton International Wildlife Encyclopedia, 2002). A Guide to the Carnivores of Central America: Natural History, Ecology, and Conservation. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Humans also contribute to their extermination by degradation of the species' natural habitat and the general destruction of tropical rainforests. There is a lot of disturbance of formerly remote South American forests, and almost no habitat except where human settlers and prospectors pass daily destroy or expose their dens. The short eared dog suffers a lot from lost of habitat. Threats, survival, and ecological concerns įeral dogs pose a prominent threat to the population of short-eared dogs, as they facilitate the spread of diseases such as canine distemper and rabies to the wild population. Lifespan and gestation period are unknown, although sexual maturity is reached at three years of age, which is relatively late compared to other canid species. Agitated males raise the hairs on their backs. It avoids humans in the natural environment. It prefers a solitary lifestyle, in forest areas. The excited male sprays a musk produced by the tail glands. Females of this species are about one-third larger than males. This species has some unique behaviors not typical to other canids. An investigation led in Cocha Cashu Biological Station in Peru into the proportions of different kinds of food in this animal's diet produced the following results: fish 28%, insects 17%, small mammals 13%, various fruits 10%, birds 10%, crabs 10%, frogs 4%, reptiles 3%. This wild dog is mainly a carnivore, with fish, insects, and small mammals making up the majority of its diet. It has a somewhat narrow chest, with dark color variation on the thorax merging to brighter, more reddish tones on the abdominal side of the body. Its fur ranges from dark to reddish-grey, but can also be nearly navy blue, coffee brown, dark grey, or chestnut-grey to black, and the coat is short, with thick and bristly fur. Its paws are partly webbed, helping adapt it to its partly aquatic habitat.

It has a distinctive fox-like muzzle and bushy tail. The short-eared dog has short and slender limbs with short and rounded ears. Two subspecies of this canid are recognized: Apart from its superficial resemblance to the bush dog, the short-eared dog seems not to be closely related to any fox-like or wolf-like canid. The short-eared dog's ancestors adapted to life in tropical rainforests, developing the requisite morphological and anatomical features. Other names in Spanish are zorro ojizarco, zorro sabanero, zorro negro.Īfter the formation of the Isthmus of Panama in the latter part the Tertiary (about 2.5 million years ago in the Pliocene), canids migrated from North America to the southern continent as part of the Great American Interchange. It has many names in the local languages where it is endemic, such as: cachorro-do-mato-de-orelha-curta in Portuguese, zorro de oreja corta in Spanish, nomensarixi in the Chiquitano language, and uálaca in Yucuna.

7 Threats, survival, and ecological concerns.

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