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Summer foods of the Andean hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus chinga) in Patagonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2001

A. Travaini ,
M. Delibes  and
O. Ceballos
A. Travaini
Affiliation:
Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Apartado 1056, 41080 Sevilla, Spain
M. Delibes
Affiliation:
Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Apartado 1056, 41080 Sevilla, Spain
O. Ceballos
Affiliation:
Grupo de Estudios Biológicos Ugarra, Carlos III 19, 4′I, 31002 Pamplona, Spain
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Abstract

The Andean hog-nosed skunk Conepatus chinga inhabits South America from Bolivia in the north to as far south as Neuquén province in Argentina (Redford & Eisenberg, 1992). In spite of its wide distribution and its value as a furbearer in Argentina (Fujita & Calvo, 1982), little is known about Andean hog-nosed skunk ecology, including its foods. It seems to forage solitarily during the night in open savannas and in arid and shrubby areas (Cabrera & Yepes, 1960; Mares et al., 1996), capturing arthropods (mainly beetles and arachnids) and occasionally small mammals and preying on eggs and fledgling birds (Cabrera & Yepes, 1960; Redford & Eisenberg, 1992; Mares et al., 1996). Here we present the first quantitative study on the diet of this species, based on the analysis of faeces collected during the summer season in two localities in Argentinean Patagonia.

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Brief Report
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Journal of Zoology , Volume 246 , Issue 4 , December 1998 , pp. 443 - 486
Copyright
© 1998 The Zoological Society of London

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