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Boa constrictor - Diet
... The B. constrictor amarali is a large body snake with mean length 144 cm, mean weight 67 3.5 kg (0.1 -6.09 kg N=53) ( Cutolo et al. 2012), with a wide distribution ranging from 68 eastern Bolivia to Brazilian southern states ( Hynková et al. 2009). Previous studies have 69 reported boas ingesting several medium-sized mammals ( Ferrari et al. 2004 (Sunyer and Galindo-Uribe 2015), and also a failed attempt upon a crab-eating 75 fox ( Almiron et al. 2011). 76 ...
... It has a wide distribution ranging from eastern Bolivia to Brazilian southern states (Hynková et al. 2009). Previous studies have reported boas ingesting several medium-sized mammals (Perry et al. 2002;Ferrari et al. 2004 (Sunyer & Galindo-Uribe 2015), and also a failed attempt upon a crabeating fox (Almiron et al. 2011). ...
We describe the first record of cooperative predation by two crab-eating foxes (Cerdocyon thous) upon an adult short-tailed boa (Boa constrictor amarali) at a Brazilian Cerrado spot. Although it is known that C. thous forages in pairs or in small family groups, there has been no report of crab-eating foxes preying cooperatively on medium and large-sized preys until now. Our observation sheds light on a poorly-known aspect of feeding behavior of C. thous that could not be recorded through scat analysis, which is currently main source of information on carnivores’ feeding ecology.
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