Diet of Leopardus Pardalis (ocelot) in southern brazilian Amazon

Authors

  • Cristiano de Oliveira Shuingues Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso
  • Gerlane de Medeiros Costa Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso
  • Derick Victor de Souza Campos Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso
  • Maicon Diego Pinto Rossi Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso
  • Reginaldo Carvalho dos Santos Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso
  • Mendelson Guerreiro de Lima Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6008/CBPC2179-6858.2018.001.0020

Keywords:

Amazon, Mesopredator, Diet

Abstract

Forest fragmentation and habitat loss are the main factors in the extinction of tropical rainforests such as the Amazon, and carnivorous mammals are the first to disappear due to competitive exclusion. The ocelot is an omnipresent of opportunistic food habits with a generalist diet, which, given an increasingly anthropic and fragmented landscape, gives it adaptive advantages at first. Aiming for a better understanding of the ocelot diet in southern Amazonia, the stomach contents of three ocelots from the region of Alta Floresta were analyzed. In the composition of the ocelot diet osanfibians were more abundant (50%), followed by mammals (31.25%), reptiles (12.50%) and birds (6.25%). It was also reported predation of an alligator (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae), and of a laziness (Choloepus sp.). The results suggest that the ocelot diet in southern Amazonia is associated with the availability of resources classifying it as a generalist opportunistic species.

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Published

2018-05-22

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2018): Revista Ibero-Americana de Ciências Ambientais - Dossiê Especial do Mestrado de Ciências Ambientais da Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - Jan 2018

Section

Notas Científicas

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