Abstract

BRAGA, Caryne et al. PREDATION OF THE BLACK-AND-WHITE TEGU (Salvator merianae) BY THE LESSER GRISON (Galictis cuja). Mastozool. neotrop. [online]. 2020, vol.27, n.1, pp.182-186.  Epub May 19, 2020. ISSN 0327-9383.

This study describes the hunting and predatory behavior of the lesser grison on an adult black-and-white tegu as recorded by camera traps in an Atlantic forest remnant in the União Biological Reserve (Rio das Ostras, RJ, Brazil). This is the first record of a mustelid preying on this large lizard species and the first direct record of a hunting event of S. merianae by a mammal. The observed hunting behavior is heavily based on olfactory search, and the long struggle to kill and remove the prey from a burrow is described.

Keywords : diet; hunting; mustelid; olfactory search; predatory behavior.

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