DIURNAL FEEDING BEHAVIOUR OF CRAB-EATING RACCOON UPON A PARADOXAL FROG, WITH A REVIEW OF ITS DIET

The crab-eating raccoon is considered one of the less studied Neotropical carnivores, once its nocturnal and inconspicuous habit difficult observations about its behavior. This species is considered a frugivorous-omnivorous species, with opportunistic habits, feeding since fruits and invertebrates...

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Main Authors: Karoline Ceron, Priscilla S. Carvalho, Lydia Möcklinghoff, Diego José Santana
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2020-05-01
Series:Acta Biológica Colombiana
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Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/actabiol/article/view/79721
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spelling doaj-b8757da48b9248c98c542e57437e0eb42021-08-09T23:33:21ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaActa Biológica Colombiana0120-548X1900-16492020-05-0125210.15446/abc.v25n2.79721DIURNAL FEEDING BEHAVIOUR OF CRAB-EATING RACCOON UPON A PARADOXAL FROG, WITH A REVIEW OF ITS DIETKaroline Ceron0Priscilla S. Carvalho1Lydia Möcklinghoff2Diego José Santana3Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Cidade Universitária, CEP 79002-970, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 15054-000, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Koenig, AG Tropenökologie, Prof. Dr. Schuchmann, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany.Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Cidade Universitária, CEP 79002-970, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The crab-eating raccoon is considered one of the less studied Neotropical carnivores, once its nocturnal and inconspicuous habit difficult observations about its behavior. This species is considered a frugivorous-omnivorous species, with opportunistic habits, feeding since fruits and invertebrates to other mammals and lizards. Herein, we provide a new report of predation by crab-eating raccoon upon a paradoxal frog (Pseudis platensis) and presenting a detailed literature review about its diet. We compiled a total of 14 papers published from 1986 to 2019, which eight studies were used to characterize the diet of P. cancrivorus. The diet of P. cancrivorus was constituted by 96 animals’ taxa and 35 vegetal taxa. Our record of predation upon a frog reinforces the known generalist and opportunistic diet of P. cancrivorus, besides it is the first evidence of cathemerality for the crab-eating raccoon in Pantanal and the first report of predation upon P. platensis by a mammal. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/actabiol/article/view/79721CathemeralityPantanalProcyon cancrivorusPseudis platensistrophic ecology
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author Karoline Ceron
Priscilla S. Carvalho
Lydia Möcklinghoff
Diego José Santana
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Priscilla S. Carvalho
Lydia Möcklinghoff
Diego José Santana
DIURNAL FEEDING BEHAVIOUR OF CRAB-EATING RACCOON UPON A PARADOXAL FROG, WITH A REVIEW OF ITS DIET
Acta Biológica Colombiana
Cathemerality
Pantanal
Procyon cancrivorus
Pseudis platensis
trophic ecology
author_facet Karoline Ceron
Priscilla S. Carvalho
Lydia Möcklinghoff
Diego José Santana
author_sort Karoline Ceron
title DIURNAL FEEDING BEHAVIOUR OF CRAB-EATING RACCOON UPON A PARADOXAL FROG, WITH A REVIEW OF ITS DIET
title_short DIURNAL FEEDING BEHAVIOUR OF CRAB-EATING RACCOON UPON A PARADOXAL FROG, WITH A REVIEW OF ITS DIET
title_full DIURNAL FEEDING BEHAVIOUR OF CRAB-EATING RACCOON UPON A PARADOXAL FROG, WITH A REVIEW OF ITS DIET
title_fullStr DIURNAL FEEDING BEHAVIOUR OF CRAB-EATING RACCOON UPON A PARADOXAL FROG, WITH A REVIEW OF ITS DIET
title_full_unstemmed DIURNAL FEEDING BEHAVIOUR OF CRAB-EATING RACCOON UPON A PARADOXAL FROG, WITH A REVIEW OF ITS DIET
title_sort diurnal feeding behaviour of crab-eating raccoon upon a paradoxal frog, with a review of its diet
publisher Universidad Nacional de Colombia
series Acta Biológica Colombiana
issn 0120-548X
1900-1649
publishDate 2020-05-01
description The crab-eating raccoon is considered one of the less studied Neotropical carnivores, once its nocturnal and inconspicuous habit difficult observations about its behavior. This species is considered a frugivorous-omnivorous species, with opportunistic habits, feeding since fruits and invertebrates to other mammals and lizards. Herein, we provide a new report of predation by crab-eating raccoon upon a paradoxal frog (Pseudis platensis) and presenting a detailed literature review about its diet. We compiled a total of 14 papers published from 1986 to 2019, which eight studies were used to characterize the diet of P. cancrivorus. The diet of P. cancrivorus was constituted by 96 animals’ taxa and 35 vegetal taxa. Our record of predation upon a frog reinforces the known generalist and opportunistic diet of P. cancrivorus, besides it is the first evidence of cathemerality for the crab-eating raccoon in Pantanal and the first report of predation upon P. platensis by a mammal.
topic Cathemerality
Pantanal
Procyon cancrivorus
Pseudis platensis
trophic ecology
url https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/actabiol/article/view/79721
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